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SPEECH PATTERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Distinctive manner of oral expression
Example:
she had a very clear speech pattern
Synonyms:
accent; speech pattern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("speech pattern" is a kind of...):
pronunciation (the manner in which someone utters a word)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speech pattern"):
drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels)
