1.the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience;
he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
2.(language) communication by word of mouth;
his speech was garbled
3.something spoken;
he could hear them uttering merry speeches
4.the exchange of spoken words;
they were perfectly comfortable together without speech
5.your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally;
his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
6.a lengthy rebuke;
a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
7.words making up the dialogue of a play;
the actor forgot his speech
8.the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;
language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals