speech

Từ điển Collocation

speech noun

1 speaking

ADJ. careful, clear, clipped | casual | impaired | slurred She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking. | connected, continuous, fluent | natural, normal, ordinary | spontaneous | direct | indirect, reported | free The demonstrators were demanding rights of assembly and free speech. | conversational, everyday | children's, female, human, etc. | middle-class, working-class, etc.

VERB + SPEECH have Most people have speech, but significantly fewer have writing.

SPEECH + NOUN act | style | defect, impairment, impediment | therapist, therapy | community phonological variation in a speech community

PREP. in ~ Certain grammatical rules must be followed when describing a conversation in reported speech.

PHRASES a figure of speech When we talk about ‘selfish’ genes it is just a figure of speech. | freedom of speech the right of/to freedom of speech | the power of speech He temporarily lost the power of speech after the accident.

2 formal talk

ADJ. brief, little, short | interminable, long, long-winded, rambling | keynote, major | eloquent, excellent, good | emotional, impassioned, rousing, stirring | boring | impromptu | public | televised | political | opening | closing | acceptance, after-dinner, Budget, campaign, conference, farewell, inaugural The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech. the Chancellor's Budget speech | maiden her maiden speech in the House of Commons

VERB + SPEECH deliver, give, make | broadcast His speech was broadcast on national radio. | write

PREP. in a/the ~ | ~ about/on She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed. | ~ to In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; address

    he listened to an address on minor Roman poets

  • (language) communication by word of mouth; speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication

    his speech was garbled

    he uttered harsh language

    he recorded the spoken language of the streets

  • something spoken

    he could hear them uttering merry speeches

  • the exchange of spoken words

    they were perfectly comfortable together without speech

  • your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; manner of speaking, delivery

    his manner of speaking was quite abrupt

    her speech was barren of southernisms

    I detected a slight accent in his speech

  • a lengthy rebuke; lecture, talking to

    a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline

    the teacher gave him a talking to

  • words making up the dialogue of a play; actor's line, words

    the actor forgot his speech

  • the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; language

    language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

speeches
ant.: silence