Found 3 items, similar to Speech.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: speech amanat, bahasa percakapan, ceramah, penuturan, tutur
English → English (WordNet) Definition: speech speech n 1: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; “he listened to an address on minor Roman poets” [syn: address] 2: (language) communication by word of mouth; “his speech was garbled”; “he uttered harsh language”; “he recorded the spoken language of the streets” [syn: speech communication , spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication] 3: something spoken; “he could hear them uttering merry speeches” 4: the exchange of spoken words; “they were perfectly comfortable together without speech” 5: 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” [syn: manner of speaking, delivery] 6: a lengthy rebuke; “a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline”; “the teacher gave him a talking to” [syn: lecture, talking to] 7: words making up the dialogue of a play; “the actor forgot his speech” [syn: actor's line, words] 8: the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; “language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals” [syn: language]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Speech Speech \Speech\, v. i. & t. To make a speech; to harangue. [R.] [1913 Webster] Speech \Speech\, n. [OE. speche, AS. sp?c, spr?, fr. specan, sprecan, to speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. spr[=a]hha, G. sprache, Sw. spr?k, Dan. sprog. See Speak.] 1. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking. [1913 Webster] There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his thoughts. --Holder. [1913 Webster] 2. he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation. [1913 Webster] Note: Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc., the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their walls. [1913 Webster] O goode God! how gentle and how kind Ye seemed by your speech and your visage The day that maked was our marriage. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The acts of God . . . to human ears Can nort without process of speech be told. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect. [1913 Webster] People of a strange speech and of an hard language. --Ezek. iii. 6. [1913 Webster] 4. Talk; mention; common saying. [1913 Webster] The duke . . . did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. [1913 Webster] The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 6. ny declaration of thoughts. [1913 Webster] I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Syn. Harangue; language; address; oration. See Harangue, and Language. [1913 Webster]