Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, possibly, transitive
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verb
make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: deliver, present
History
Etymology tree English speech Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English speechify From speech + -ify.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
