Collins English-English Dictionary

speech [spiːtʃ]

1. 1. n the act or faculty of speaking, esp as possessed by persons

   to have speech with somebody

2. 2. n (as modifier)

   speech therapy

3. 3. n that which is spoken; utterance

4. 4. n a talk or address delivered to an audience

5. 5. n a person's characteristic manner of speaking

6. 6. n a national or regional language or dialect

7. 7. n another word for parole

8. 8. n [Etymology] Old English spec; related to specan to speak