speech's
Belonging to discourse
Speech's is the possessive form of speech—the act of speaking or a formal address.
It marks ownership or association: The speech's opening grabbed everyone's attention.
Her speech's length tested the audience's patience.
The possessive applies to any sense of speech, from a politician's remarks to speech as a general faculty: Speech's power lies in its ability to persuade.
Spoken expression aloud
- articulationClear vocal expression
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
diction · enunciation · accent · dialect · intonation · syllable · phoneme · morpheme
Conveyance of goods
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- addressSpeak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
presentation · podium · lectern · audience · monologue · declamation · elocution · proclamation
Speak to formally
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- inauguralFirst in office
- concessionYielding a point
- victoryDefeating an opponent
stump · rally · rhetoric · propaganda · manifesto · platform · slogan · soundbite
Absence of constraint
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- amendmentChange to official text
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
dissent · protest · press · democracy · silencing · suppression · advocacy · petition
Uninterrupted solo address
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- scriptWritten words for performance
aside · prologue · epilogue · recitation · performance · theatrical · Shakespearean · Hamlet
utterance
Spoken expression aloud
- articulationClear vocal expression
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
vocalization · diction · enunciation · accent · dialect · intonation · syllable · phoneme · morpheme · prosody
delivery
Conveyance of goods
oration · presentation · podium · lectern · audience · monologue · declamation · elocution · proclamation · keynote
address
Speak to formally
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- inauguralFirst in office
- concessionYielding a point
victory · stump · rally · rhetoric · propaganda · manifesto · platform · slogan · soundbite · filibuster
freedom
Absence of constraint
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- amendmentChange to official text
liberty · dissent · protest · press · democracy · silencing · suppression · advocacy · petition · opinion
monologue
Uninterrupted solo address
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- linesStrokes connecting two points
script · aside · prologue · epilogue · recitation · performance · theatrical · Shakespearean · Hamlet · stage
speech'swriting
Recorded language on surface
writing's · silence · text · text's · written word
speech'ssilence
Total lack of sound
muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness · voicelessness · taciturnity
speech'sconversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
dialogue · discussion · chat · banter · listening
- free speechProtected verbal liberty
- speech bubblesEnclosed comic dialogue areas
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- casual speechUnstudied everyday language
- figure of speechNonliteral expressive phrase
- impassioned speechIntense verbal delivery