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(obsolete, rare) Synonym of ampersand
adv
(rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
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The condition of being articulate.
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(countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
adj
Serving to articulate or express something.
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anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
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A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.
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A person working in two professions.
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Ability to talk constantly and fluently.
adj
Of or pertaining to cadence or a cadenza.
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(originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
adj
Of or relating to a dilemma
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(linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".
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Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation.
adj
Relating to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
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(mostly preceded by with) emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader
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(phonology, of a consonant) occurring outside a syllable
n
One who exhibits glossolalia; one who speaks in tongues.
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(uncountable) The quality of being guttural.
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Alternative form of hendiadys [(rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.]
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Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.
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Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
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Appropriate control of one's words.
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Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
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(obsolete) Able to speak.
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The consideration of various different points of view.
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Obsolete form of mnemonics. [(plural only) The study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.]
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(plural only) The study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.
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(rare) One who studies mnemotechny, the practice of improving one's memory.
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The study and practice of improving one’s memory.
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(figuratively) A laconic response.
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Synonym of oblique speech
n
(rhetoric) Speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.
adj
Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
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(grammar) indirect speech/indirect statements
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An orotund statement or utterance.
adj
Of or relating to verbal paralanguage.
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.
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(uncommon) Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.
adj
(of a person) Given to pleonasmic speech or writing.
adj
(linguistics) Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words.
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Synonym of primary stress
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(countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
adj
Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
adj
Of or relating to rapport, as established by speech acts.
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Common affective patterns associated with natural language concepts exploited for tasks such as emotion recognition from text/speech or sentiment analysis.
adj
Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.
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(countable) A very long word.
n
An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian.
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The act of speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); glossolalia.
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The quality of producing or conveying speech.
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(linguistics, of a syllable, etc.) Quality of being stressed.
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The quality of being syllabic.
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Alternative form of tongues-speaker [One who speaks in tongues; one who exhibits glossolalia.]
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One who speaks in tongues; one who exhibits glossolalia.
adj
Consisting of a single word.
adv
By means of ventriloquism.
adv
By means of, or in terms of, ventriloquism.
adv
By means of ventriloquism.
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(obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
adj
Of or relating to words.
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Oral communication; speech.
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An instance of verbalizing.
adj
(obsolete) Of or relating to words; verbal.
adv
(law) Word-for-word and to the letter.
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An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
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(idiomatic) A person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.
adj
(linguistics) Able to be voiced.
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(idiomatic) Verbal means of passing on information.
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(attributive) Alternative spelling of word of mouth [(idiomatic) Verbal means of passing on information.]
adj
Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy.
adj
(rare) Of, relating to, or resembling a word; verbal.
n
(idiomatic, usually preceded by in) Simple, clear, straightforward language; blunt language.
adv
Pertaining to, concerning, or regarding words; verbally.
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