noun
1.
communication, expression, or interchange of thoughts in spoken words
considered speech as a means of reproducing for one's listeners the images in one's mind
Synonyms: discourse, speaking, talk, utterance, verbalization; compare vocalization
Related Word: articulation, uttering, vocalization, vocalizing, voice, voicing; expressing, expression; language
Idioms: oral communication, vocal expression
2.
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
a televised speech to the nation
Synonyms: address, allocution, lecture, talk
Related Word: debate, parlance, parley; declamation, harangue, oration, speechification
3.
Synonyms: language 1, dialect, idiom, tongue, vernacular