Speech Definition

spēch
speeches
noun
speeches
The faculty or act of speaking.
American Heritage Medicine
The act of speaking; expression or communication of thoughts and feelings by spoken words.
Webster's New World
The power or ability to speak.
Webster's New World
That which is spoken; utterance, remark, statement, talk, conversation, etc.
Webster's New World
The manner of speaking.
Her lisping speech.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
speech
Plural:
speeches

Origin of Speech

  • From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language"), from Proto-Germanic *sprÄ“kijō, *sprÄ“kō (“speech, language"), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound"). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech"), German Sprache (“language, speech"). More at speak.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English speche from Old English sprǣc, spǣc

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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