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    SPEECH COMMUNICATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (language) communication by word of mouthplay

    Example:

    he recorded the spoken language of the streets

    Synonyms:

    language; oral communication; speech; speech communication; spoken communication; spoken language; voice communication

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("speech communication" is a kind of...):

    auditory communication (communication that relies on hearing)

    Domain category:

    language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speech communication"):

    words (the words that are spoken)

    orthoepy; pronunciation (the way a word or a language is customarily spoken)

    conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

    discussion; give-and-take; word (an exchange of views on some topic)

    expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)

    non-standard speech (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)

    idiolect (the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life)

    monologue (a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation))

    charm; magic spell; magical spell; spell (a verbal formula believed to have magical force)

    dictation (speech intended for reproduction in writing)

    monologue; soliloquy (speech you make to yourself)

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