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▸ noun:  (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
▸ noun:  (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
▸ noun:  (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
▸ noun:  (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.

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