opening speeches
Initial formal remarks
Opening speeches are the initial addresses given at the start of a formal proceeding, event, or trial.
In legal contexts, attorneys present opening speeches to outline their cases before evidence is introduced: The defense's opening speech promised to show the defendant was elsewhere that night.
At conferences or ceremonies, opening speeches welcome attendees and set the tone for what follows.
- addressSpeak to formally
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- first wordsInfant's earliest speech
- preamblePreliminary statement before content
- prologueIntroductory literary section
foreword · welcome · preface · State of the Union · invocation · commencement · salutatory · inauguration · curtain-raiser · initiation · greeting · ice breaker · kickoff · warm-up act · oratory · benediction · proclamation · pathos
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Final statements concluding presentation
concluding remarks · farewell addresses · closing statements · final remarks · parting words
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Results of adding numbers
closing arguments · wrap-ups · recapitulations · recaps · post-mortems
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