speech

[speech] / spitʃ /

NOUN

talk

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conversation dialogue discussion expression language tone voice

STRONG

accent articulation communication dialect diction doublespeak elocution enunciation idiom intercourse jargon lingo locution palaver parlance prattle pronunciation prose speaking spiel tongue utterance verbalization vernacular vocalization vocalizing voicing

WEAK

double talk expressing mother tongue native tongue oral communication vocal expression

Antonyms

STRONGEST

quiet silence

STRONG

standard

WEAK

listening

NOUN

formal talk to audience

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address appeal commentary debate lecture paper rhetoric sermon

STRONG

allocution bombast declamation diatribe discourse disquisition dissertation eulogy exhortation harangue homily invocation keynote opus oration oratory panegyric parlance parley pitch recitation salutation spiel stump tirade valedictory

WEAK

chalk talk pep talk prelection

Antonyms

WEAK

listening quiet silence

Example Sentences

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"It's what keeps coming up in official speeches - this affirmation of political and economic sovereignty," she told the BBC.

From BBC

In a controversial speech in the Oval Office in September, the US president said doctors would be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever to pregnant women.

From BBC

I can publicly share my opinion about that stock—constitutionally protected speech.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sailor begins his tale of a catastrophe at sea: Hypnotized—as we are too—by the mariner’s “strange power of speech,” the wedding guest listens like a child.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rodríguez told Venezuelans it was "very difficult" to deliver Maduro's annual report, saying that the two were working on the speech together until six hours before his seizure on 3 January.

From BBC

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