0 the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of spoken language:
People who suffer a stroke may experience a loss of speech.
Some expressions are used more in speech than in writing.
Do you know the words to Hamlet's famous speech at the beginning of Act III?
1 a formal talk given usually to a large number of people on a special occasion:
I had to give/make a speech at my brother's wedding.
The Governor of New York delivered a rousing speech to the national convention.
He gave the after-dinner speech (= a talk given after a formal evening meal at which a large number of people are present).
Did you hear her acceptance speech at the Oscars ceremony?
2 the ability to talk, or the activity of talking:
People who suffer a stroke may experience a loss of speech.
His speech became slurred and indistinct.
Some expressions are used more in speech than in writing.
3 a formal talk given usually to a large number of people on a special occasion:
an acceptance speech
From her slow, deliberate speech I guessed she must be drunk.
Freedom of speech and freedom of thought were both denied under the dictatorship.
The vicar's forgetting his lines in the middle of the speech provided some good comedy.
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說話, 說話能力, 談話…
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说话, 说话能力, 谈话…
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habla, discurso, discurso [masculine…
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fala, discurso…
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話す能力, 話し方, スピーチ…
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konuşma biçimi, lehçe, ağız…
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discours [masculine], langage [masculine], parole…
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