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Felicitation

Felicitation (foaled 1930) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A specialist stayer, owned and bred by the Aga Khan he was best known for his emphatic victory over a very strong international field in the 1934 Ascot Gold Cup.
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Speech

Speech is human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are the same word, e.g., "role" or "hotel"), and using those words in their semantic character as words in the lexicon of a language according to the syntactic constraints that govern lexical words' function in a sentence.
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Felicitation

The act of expressing joy or acknowledgment, as for the achievement or good fortune of another.
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Speech

The expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds
He was born deaf and without the power of speech
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Felicitation

Often felicitations An expression of such joy or acknowledgment.
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Speech

A formal address or discourse delivered to an audience
He gave a speech about the company
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Felicitation

The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
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Speech

The faculty or act of speaking.
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Felicitation

The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
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Speech

The faculty or act of expressing or describing thoughts, feelings, or perceptions by the articulation of words.
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Felicitation

(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another;
I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage
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Speech

What is spoken or expressed, as in conversation; uttered or written words
Seditious speech.
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Felicitation

The act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
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Speech

A talk or public address, or a written copy of this
The senator gave a speech.
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Speech

The language or dialect of a nation or region
American speech.
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Speech

One's manner or style of speaking
The mayor's mumbling speech.
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Speech

The study of oral communication, speech sounds, and vocal physiology.
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Speech

(uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
He had a bad speech impediment.
After the accident she lost her speech.
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Speech

(uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
Her speech was soft and lilting.
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Speech

(countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
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Speech

(countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
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Speech

(uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
This word is mostly used in speech.
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Speech

(grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
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Speech

(uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
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Speech

To make a speech; to harangue.
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Speech

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his thoughts.
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Speech

He act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
O goode God! how gentle and how kindYe seemed by your speech and your visageThe day that maked was our marriage.
The acts of God . . . to human earsCan nort without process of speech be told.
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Speech

A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
People of a strange speech and of an hard language.
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Speech

Talk; mention; common saying.
The duke . . . did of me demandWhat was the speech among the LondonersConcerning the French journey.
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Speech

Formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point.
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Speech

Ny declaration of thoughts.
I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied.
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Speech

To make a speech; to harangue.
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Speech

The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience;
He listened to an address on minor Roman poets
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Speech

(language) communication by word of mouth;
His speech was garbled
He uttered harsh language
He recorded the spoken language of the streets
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Speech

Something spoken;
He could hear them uttering merry speeches
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Speech

The exchange of spoken words;
They were perfectly comfortable together without speech
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Speech

Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally;
His manner of speaking was quite abrupt
Her speech was barren of southernisms
I detected a slight accent in his speech
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Speech

A lengthy rebuke;
A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
The teacher gave him a talking to
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Speech

Words making up the dialogue of a play;
The actor forgot his speech
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Speech

The mental faculty or power of vocal communication;
Language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals
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