speech

speech (http://definr.com/speech)

     n 1: a formal spoken communication delivered to an audience; "he
          listened to an address on minor Roman poets" [syn: address]
     2: communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred";
        "the telephone greatly increased the range of speech
        communication"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded
        the spoken language of the streets" [syn: {speech
        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 lines" [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]