Meaning

• Noun

  1. The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
  2. The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
  3. A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
  4. A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
  5. Language used orally, rather than in writing.
  6. An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
  7. Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.

• Verb