Noun
1. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience;
"he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"2. (language) communication by word of mouth;
"his speech was garbled""he uttered harsh language""he recorded the spoken language of the streets"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"6. a lengthy rebuke;
"a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline""the teacher gave him a talking to"7. words making up the dialogue of a play;
"the actor forgot his speech"8. the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;
"language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"