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[Noun] | "speech" | \ ˈspēch \

1: the communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words

2: exchange of spoken words : conversation

3: something that is spoken : utterance

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English speche, from Old English sprǣc, spǣc; akin to Old English sprecan to speak {mat|speak|};

(1) - { speech community } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "speech community"

1: a group of people sharing characteristic patterns of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation

Origin: 1894 ;

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[Noun] | "speech form"

1: linguistic form

Origin: 1863 ;

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[Noun] | "speech therapy"

1: therapeutic treatment of impairments and disorders of speech, voice, language, communication, and swallowing

Origin: 1912 ;

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[Noun] | "speech day"

1: an event held once a year in some British schools at which prizes are awarded to students and speeches are given

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[Noun] | "speech impediment"

1: a condition that makes it difficult to speak normally

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[Noun] | "free speech"

1: speech that is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; also : the right to such speech

Origin: 1765 ;

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[Noun] | "visible speech"

1: a set of phonetic symbols based on symbols for articulatory position

2: speech reproduced spectrographically

Origin: 1865 ;

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[Noun phrase] | "figure of speech"

1: a form of expression (such as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener

Origin: 1551 ;

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[Noun phrase] | "part of speech"

1: a traditional class of words (such as adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs) distinguished according to the kind of idea denoted and the function performed in a sentence

Origin: 1517 ;

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[Noun] | "speech"

1: a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience;

* e.g., " ... the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award "

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2: the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication;

* e.g., " ... wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech "

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[Noun] | "speech form"

1: as in morpheme, monosyllable;

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[Noun] | "speech forms"

1: as in morphemes, monosyllables;

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[Noun] | "keynote address"

1: as in lecture, salutatory;

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[Phrase] | "figure of speech"

1: a sequence of words having a specific meaning;

* e.g., " ... "The straw that broke the camel's back" is just a figure of speech, as there's not really a straw and not really a camel. "

Synonyms :
expression,
idiom,
phrase

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[Phrase] | "figures of speech"

1: a sequence of words having a specific meaning;

* e.g., " ... "The straw that broke the camel's back" is just a figure of speech, as there's not really a straw and not really a camel. "

Synonyms :
expressions,
idioms,
phrases

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