speech Definition

1. The act or an instance of speaking; the ability to speak.

Thesaurus: conversation, talk, utterance, discourse, oratory, parlance, intercourse, locution, diction.
2. A way of speaking.

Example: slurred speech
3. Something that is spoken.
4. Spoken language, especially that of a particular group, region, nation, etc.

Example: Doric speech has very distinctive vowels
5. A talk that is addressed to an audience.

Thesaurus: lecture, oration, harangue, sermon, dissertation, recitation, tirade, diatribe, peroration, spiel.