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11speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …
12Speech — Speech, n. [OE. speche, AS. sp?c, spr?, fr. specan, sprecan, to speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. spr[=a]hha, G. sprache, Sw. spr?k, Dan. sprog. See {Speak}.] 1. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing… …
13speech disorder — n. any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc. * * * ▪ medicine Introduction any of the… …
14Speech (disambiguation) — Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to: * Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people * Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated * Speech imitation, imitation of… …
15faculty — [fak′əl tē] n. pl. faculties [ME & OFr faculte < L facultas < facilis: see FACILE] 1. Obs. the power to do; ability to perform an action 2. any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense [the faculty of hearing, speech, etc.]… …
16Speech production — Human vocal apparatus used to produce speech Speech production is the process by which spoken words are selected to be produced, have their phonetics formulated and then finally are articulated by the motor system in the vocal apparatus. Speech… …
17faculty — noun 1 natural ability of the body/mind ADJECTIVE ▪ higher ▪ the evolution of man s higher faculties ▪ cognitive, intellectual, mental, rational ▪ …
18Faculty of Theatre (Prague) — The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) – A Dynamic Theatre School Offering a Wide Spectrum of Studies in Theatre Creation was founded immediately after the Second World War, emerging from the need to educate… …
19speech — n. 1 the faculty or act of speaking. 2 a formal public address. 3 a manner of speaking (a man of blunt speech). 4 a remark (after this speech he was silent). 5 the language of a nation, region, group, etc. 6 Mus. the act of sounding in an organ… …
20Faculty of Theatre — The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) – A Dynamic Theatre School Offering a Wide Spectrum of Studies in Theatre Creation was founded immediately after the Second World War, emerging from the need to educate… …
