<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity</li><li>the act of speaking: He expresses himself better in speech than in writing</li><li>something that is spoken; an utterance, remark, or declaration: We waited for some speech that would indicate her true feelings</li><li>a form of communication in spoken language, made by a speaker before an audience for a given purpose: a fiery speech</li><li>any single utterance of an actor in the course of a play, motion picture, etc.</li><li>the form of utterance characteristic of a particular people or region; a language or dialect</li><li>manner of speaking, as of a person: Your slovenly speech is holding back your career</li><li>a field of study devoted to the theory and practice of oral communication</li><li>archaic: rumor</li></ul>