speech

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

To make a speech; to harangue.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspiːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.

Sentences

Former Chief Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman delivered the convocation speech .