Definition of speech

• n. - The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
• n. - he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
• n. - A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
• n. - Talk; mention; common saying.
• n. - formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
• n. - ny declaration of thoughts.
• v. i. & t. - To make a speech; to harangue.