speech
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and…The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
» His speech is worth listening to.
Его речь стоит послушать. — allasobirova
Варто послухати його промову. — ascolto
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(uncountable)The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
He had a bad speech impediment.
After the accident she lost her speech.
(uncountable)The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
It was hard to hear his speech over the noise.
Her speech was soft and lilting.
(countable)A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
Sprache, Rede, Ansprache
речьrečʹ, дар ре́чиdar réči, го́ворgóvor
мо́ваmóva, го́вірhóvir, мо́вленняmóvlennja
(countable)A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
(uncountable)Language used orally, rather than in writing.
This word is mostly used in speech.
(countable, uncountable)An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
ко́свенная речьkósvennaja rečʹ
(uncountable)Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- the exchange of spoken words
- something spoken
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
Examples
1387 sentencesHis speech is worth listening to.
Варто послухати його промову. — ascolto
ruЕго речь стоит послушать. — allasobirova
Nobody was listening to the speech.
Ніхто не слухав промову. — deniko
ruРечь никто не слушал. — marafon
deNiemand hörte der Rede zu. — al_ex_an_der
That was a figure of speech.
Це була стилістична фігура. — deniko
Do you have to make a speech?
Ти маєш виступати з промовою? — deniko
ruТы должен выступить с речью? — sharptoothed
deMusst du eine Rede halten? — al_ex_an_der
I am sick of his long speech.
Мене нудить від його довгої промови. — ascolto
deIch hab die Nase voll von seiner langen Rede. — jast
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language”),From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.
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Forms
plural: speechesSynonyms
23 synonyms- (language) communication by word of mouth:speech communicationspoken communicationspoken languagelanguagevoice communicationoral communication
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication:language
- a lengthy rebuke:lecturetalking to
- words making up the dialogue of a play:actor's linewords
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally:manner of speakingdelivery
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience:address
Word family
73 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- give a speech
- make a speech
- a speech in
- the speech contest
- speech contest
- speech was boring
- speech wasn't as
- speech was interesting
- a speech today
- his speech in
- his speech with
- gave his speech
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.