When you say something out loud, that's speech. When you give a speech, you say a lot of things in front of a group. Maybe you should open with a joke?
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
Noun
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
Noun
a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
Noun
words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"
Noun
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
Noun
(language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
Noun
the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
Noun
something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
Noun
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
n.
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the
faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power
of speaking.
n.
he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as
expressing ideas; language; conversation.
n.
A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a
dialect.
n.
Talk; mention; common saying.
n.
formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
n.
ny declaration of thoughts.
v. i. & t.
To make a speech; to harangue.
Speech
There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his thoughts.2.
O goode God! how gentle and how kind Ye seemed by your speech and your visage The day that maked was our marriage.
The acts of God . . . to human ears Can nort without process of speech be told.3.
People of a strange speech and of an hard language.4.
The duke . . . did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey.5.
The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point.6.
I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied.
Speech
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
To make a speech; to harangue.
Usage Examples
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates.
Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true.
America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.
An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnd what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.
All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem.
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
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