Definition of Speech

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Speech

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.

A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.

Talk; mention; common saying.

formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.

ny declaration of thoughts.

To make a speech; to harangue.

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Speech Quotations

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Buddha

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Buddha

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
Winston Churchill

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
Mohandas Gandhi

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Norman Vincent Peale

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington

Speech Translations

speech in Danish is tale
speech in Dutch is rede, redevoering, speech, oratie
speech in German is Sprache {f}, Ansprache {f}, Rede, Sprache
speech in Italian is idioma, orazione
speech in Latin is oratio, lingua
speech in Portuguese is discurso
speech in Spanish is habla, alocucion, discurso, lenguaje

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