speech : Idioms & Phrases


by-speech

By"-speech` noun
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  1. An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. "To quote by-speeches." Hooker.
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defect of speech

  • noun a disorder of oral speech
    speech defect; defect of speech.
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feature of speech

  • noun (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
    feature.
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figure of speech

  • noun language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    image; trope; figure.
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Folk speech

  • the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.
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freedom of speech

  • noun a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
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Impediment in speech

  • a defect which prevents distinct utterance.
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keynote speech

  • noun a speech setting forth the keynote
    keynote address.
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Maiden speech

  • the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body.
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nominating speech

  • noun an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
    nomination; nominating address.
    • the nomination was brief and to the point
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non-standard speech

  • noun speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
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Oblique speech

  • (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.
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organ of speech

  • noun any of the organs involved in speech production
    organ of speech; vocal organ.
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Part of speech

  • noun one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
    form class; word class.
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  • (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.
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part-of-speech tagger

  • noun a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech
    pos tagger.
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phatic speech

  • noun conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
    phatic communication.
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plosive speech sound

  • noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
    plosive; stop; occlusive; stop consonant; plosive consonant.
    • his stop consonants are too aspirated
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second-hand speech

  • noun overheard conversation (especially overheard cellphone conversation)
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Set speech

  • a speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.
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speech act

  • noun the use of language to perform some act
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speech communication

  • noun (language) communication by word of mouth
    oral communication; spoken language; language; voice communication; speech; spoken communication.
    • his speech was garbled
    • he uttered harsh language
    • he recorded the spoken language of the streets
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speech community

  • noun people sharing a given language or dialect
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speech day

  • noun an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
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speech defect

  • noun a disorder of oral speech
    speech defect; defect of speech.
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speech disorder

  • noun a disorder of oral speech
    speech defect; defect of speech.
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speech intelligibility

  • noun the intelligibility of speech (usually measured in the presence of noise or distortion)
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speech organ

  • noun any of the organs involved in speech production
    organ of speech; vocal organ.
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speech pattern

  • noun distinctive manner of oral expression
    accent.
    • he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent
    • she had a very clear speech pattern
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speech perception

  • noun the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech
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speech production

  • noun the utterance of intelligible speech
    speaking.
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speech rhythm

  • noun the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
    rhythm.
    • the rhythm of Frost's poetry
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speech sound

  • noun (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    sound; phone.
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speech spectrum

  • noun the average sound spectrum for the human voice
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speech therapist

  • noun a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders
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speech therapy

  • noun any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech
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speech-endowed

  • adjective satellite capable of speech
    • the speaking animal
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speech-read

  • verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
    lipread; lip-read.
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stump speech

  • noun political oratory
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visible speech

  • noun a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century
  • noun spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically
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