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speech

One entry found.


Entry Word:
speech
Function:
noun
Text: 1 a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience<the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award>Synonymsaddress, declamation, harangue, oration, talkRelated Wordsdiatribe, rant, tirade; eulogy, panegyric, tribute; keynote address, lecture; homily, sermon; monologue, soliloquy; pitch, presentation, spiel 2 the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication<wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech>— see language 1
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