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speech
A	noun
	1	language, speech
			the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚ability; power ╚faculty; mental faculty; module ╚language, speech
	2	lecture, speech, talking to
			a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚disapproval ╚criticism; unfavorable judgment ╚rebuke; reproof; reproval; reprehension; reprimand ╚lecture, speech, talking to ╚curtain lecture ╚sermon; preaching
	3	actor's line, speech, words
			words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚matter ╚text; textual matter ╚line ╚actor's line, speech, words ╚throwaway ╚soliloquy ╚monologue ╚cue ╚aside
	4	manner of speaking, speech, delivery
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚expressive style; style ╚manner of speaking, speech, delivery ╚modulation; inflection ╚prosody; inflection ╚elocution ╚tone; tone of voice ╚shibboleth ╚tongue ╚catch ╚address
	5	speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
			(language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication ╚soliloquy; monologue ╚dictation ╚spell; magic spell; charm ╚monologue ╚idiolect ╚non-standard speech ╚saying; expression; locution ╚discussion; give-and-take; word ╚conversation ╚pronunciation; orthoepy ╚words
	6	speech
			the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚utterance; vocalization ╚speaking; speech production ╚speech
	7	speech
			something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚utterance; vocalization ╚speech
	8	address, speech
			the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚address, speech ╚inaugural address; inaugural ╚impromptu ╚Gettysburg Address ╚dithyramb ╚colloquium ╚allocution ╚epilogue; epilog

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