speech
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
Noun 4 meanings
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
“He had a bad speech impediment.”
The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
“It was hard to hear his speech over the noise.”
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.”
A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
Verb 1 meaning
To make (a speech); to harangue.
Etymology
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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SPEECH at a glance
SPEECH has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + E 1 + E 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,464 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with speech
All rhymes- TECH9
- BEECH12
- LEECH10
- BIOTECH14
- MECH11
- BREECH13
- SCREECH14
- FINTECH15
- BESEECH14
- LECH9
- BLECH12
- NANOTECH13
One letter away
- SMEECH13
- SLEECH11
- SPETCH13
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