speech
speech is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation. Note: Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc., the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their walls. O goode God! how gentle and how kind Ye seemed by your speech and your visage The day that maked was our marriage. Chaucer. The acts of God . . . to human ears Can nort without process of speech be told. Milton.
- 2.A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect. People of a strange speech and of an hard language. Ezek. iii.
- 3.4. Talk; mention; common saying. The duke . . . did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey. Shak.
- 4.formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. Swift.
- 5.ny declaration of thoughts. I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied. Milton. Syn. Harangue; language; address; oration. See Harangue, and Language.
- 6.To make a speech; to harangue. [R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- accent
- accidence
- accost
- address
- adumbrate
- adumbration
- allegorical
- allegorize
- allegory
- alliteration
- alliterative
- allocution
- alloquy
- allude
- allusion
- allusive
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- ambiguity
- anagoge
- anagogical
- anagram
- analogy
- antiphrasis
- antithesis
- antithetical
- apologue
- apostrophe
- apostrophize
- appeal
- application
- apply
- archaic
- archaism
- argot
- arrange
- artificial
- artillery
- aside
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is speech.
- What is a particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect. People of a strange speech and of an hard language. Ezek. iii called?
- What is 4. Talk; mention; common saying. The duke . . . did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey. Shak called?
- What is formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. Swift called?
- What is ny declaration of thoughts. I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied. Milton. Syn. Harangue; language; address; oration. See Harangue, and Language called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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