Meaning & Definition of Speech in English

1. The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

• "He listened to an address on minor roman poets"

2. (language) communication by word of mouth

• "His speech was garbled"

• "He uttered harsh language"

• "He recorded the spoken language of the streets"

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"

6. A lengthy rebuke

• "A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"

• "The teacher gave him a talking to"

7. Words making up the dialogue of a play

• "The actor forgot his speech"

8. The mental faculty or power of vocal communication

• "Language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"