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speech

n. the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"

language

n. the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"

address

n. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

lecture, talking to

n. a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

words, actor's line

n. words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"

delivery, manner of speaking

n. 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"

language, oral communication, spoken language

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

lecture, speech, talking to

n. a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

discourse, sermon, preaching

n. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

discourse, sermon, preaching

n. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

address, speech

n. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

rant, harangue, ranting

n. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

censure, animadversion

n. harsh criticism or disapproval

tongue, natural language

n. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

language, speech, oral communication, spoken language

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

delivery, speech, manner of speaking

n. 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"

intonation, pitch contour

n. rise and fall of the voice pitch

tongue, natural language

n. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

language, speech, oral communication, spoken language

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

speech, words, actor's line

n. words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"

articulation

n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

talk

n. an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"

vernacular

n. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie, small talk

n. light informal conversation for social occasions

cant, jargon, patois, lingo, slang, argot

n. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

delivery, speech, manner of speaking

n. 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"

speech, words, actor's line

n. words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"

profanity

n. vulgar or irreverent speech or action

articulation

n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

idiom, accent, dialect

n. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

diction, enunciation

n. the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

phrasing, wording, diction, phraseology, verbiage, choice of words

n. the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

idiom, parlance

n. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

pronunciation

n. the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation"

tongue, natural language

n. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

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