speech
noun
[ spiːtʃ ]
• the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
• "he was born deaf and without the power of speech"
• a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience.
• "he gave a speech about the company"
Similar:
talk,
address,
lecture,
discourse,
oration,
disquisition,
peroration,
declamation,
deliverance,
presentation,
valedictory,
sermon,
homily,
harangue,
diatribe,
tirade,
rant,
monologue,
soliloquy,
recitation,
effusion,
outpouring,
salutatory,
spiel,
allocution,
predication,
philippic,
Origin:
Old English sprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak.
