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    PUBLIC SPEAKING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Delivering an address to a public audienceplay

    Example:

    people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking

    Synonyms:

    oral presentation; public speaking; speaking; speechmaking

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("public speaking" is a kind of...):

    address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public speaking"):

    reading; recital; recitation (a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance)

    debate; disputation; public debate (the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote))

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