speech : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- by-speech
- defect of speech
- feature of speech
- figure of speech
- Folk speech
- freedom of speech
- Impediment in speech
- keynote speech
- Maiden speech
- nominating speech
- non-standard speech
- Oblique speech
- organ of speech
- Part of speech
- part-of-speech tagger
- phatic speech
- plosive speech sound
- second-hand speech
- Set speech
- speech act
- speech communication
- speech community
- speech day
- speech defect
- speech disorder
- speech intelligibility
- speech organ
- speech pattern
- speech perception
- speech production
- speech rhythm
- speech sound
- speech spectrum
- speech therapist
- speech therapy
- speech-endowed
- speech-read
- stump speech
- visible speech
by-speech
By"-speech` noun
Definitions
An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. "To quote by-speeches." Hooker.
Webster 1913
defect of speech
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noun a disorder of oral speech
speech defect; defect of speech.
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feature of speech
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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
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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.
Webster 1913
freedom of speech
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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.
Webster 1913
keynote speech
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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.
Webster 1913
nominating speech
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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
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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.
Webster 1913
organ of speech
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noun any of the organs involved in speech production
organ of speech; vocal organ.
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Part of speech
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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.
Webster 1913
part-of-speech tagger
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noun a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech
pos tagger.
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phatic speech
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noun conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
phatic communication.
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plosive speech sound
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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
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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.
Webster 1913
speech act
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noun the use of language to perform some act
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speech communication
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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
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noun people sharing a given language or dialect
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speech day
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noun an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
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speech defect
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noun a disorder of oral speech
speech defect; defect of speech.
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speech disorder
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noun a disorder of oral speech
speech defect; defect of speech.
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speech intelligibility
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noun the intelligibility of speech (usually measured in the presence of noise or distortion)
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speech organ
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noun any of the organs involved in speech production
organ of speech; vocal organ.
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speech pattern
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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
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noun the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech
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speech production
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noun the utterance of intelligible speech
speaking.
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speech rhythm
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noun the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
rhythm.
- the rhythm of Frost's poetry
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speech sound
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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
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noun the average sound spectrum for the human voice
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speech therapist
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noun a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders
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speech therapy
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noun any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech
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speech-endowed
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adjective satellite capable of speech
- the speaking animal
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speech-read
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verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
lipread; lip-read.
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stump speech
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noun political oratory
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visible speech
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noun a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century
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noun spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically