What is the meaning of speech?

noun

• The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience.
  • usage: "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
  • synonyms: address
• Language) communication by word of mouth. (
  • usage: "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
  • synonyms: speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
• Something spoken.
  • usage: "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
• The exchange of spoken words.
  • usage: "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
• Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally.
  • usage: "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
  • synonyms: manner of speaking, delivery
• A lengthy rebuke.
  • usage: "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
  • synonyms: lecture, talking to
• Words making up the dialogue of a play.
  • usage: "the actor forgot his speech"
  • synonyms: actor's line, words
• The mental faculty or power of vocal communication.
  • usage: "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
  • synonyms: language