speaking
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Sense: Noun: speech
Synonyms:
speech Collocations, talking Collocations, talk Collocations, conversation Collocations, articulation, pronunciation Collocations, spoken language, spoken communication, oral communication, gab , chit-chat , chat Collocations, chatter Collocations, discourse Collocations, oration, address Collocations, speech-making, vocalization, vocalisation , diction, the spoken word, speechifying , fluency Collocations
Sense: Modifier: involving speech
Synonyms:
verbal, oral Collocations, talk Collocations, talking Collocations, spoken, spoken-word, speech Collocations, vocal, voice Collocations
Sense: Adjective: able to talk
Synonyms:
talking Collocations, gifted with speech, that can talk, that talks, that speaks, with the power of speech, verbal, vocal, expressive, articulate Collocations, eloquent
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Sense: Verb: aticulate
Synonyms:
articulate Collocations, say something, say Collocations, vocalize, vocalise , verbalize, verbalise , tell Collocations, state Collocations, comment Collocations, blurt out, utter Collocations, enunciate, make yourself heard
Sense: Verb: converse
Synonyms:
converse, talk Collocations, chat Collocations, have a word , communicate Collocations, discuss Collocations, shoot the breeze , chitchat , have a chinwag , have a chat, have a talk, natter , have a natter , debate Collocations
Sense: Verb: deliver a speech
Synonyms:
deliver a speech, give a talk, make a speech, lecture Collocations, talk Collocations, orate, declaim, speechify, sermonize, sermonise , give a sermon, give a presentation