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speech <pl -es> [spi:tʃ] N

1. speech no pl:

speech (faculty of speaking)
Sprache f <-> kein pl
speech (act of speaking)
Sprechen nt <-s>
in speech
mündlich
to lose/recover the power of speech
die Sprechfähigkeit [o. die Sprache] verlieren/wiedererlangen
in everyday speech
in der Alltagssprache
to be slow in [or of]speech
langsam reden

2. speech no pl (spoken style):

speech
Sprache f <-> kein pl
speech
Redestil m

3. speech about, on +acc:

speech (oration)
Rede f <-, -n>
speech (shorter)
Ansprache f <-, -n> über +acc
speech (in court)
Plädoyer nt <-s, -s>
acceptance speech
Aufnahmerede f
after-dinner speech
Tischrede f <-, -n>
freedom of speech POL
Redefreiheit f <-> kein pl
keynote speech
Hauptrede f
eloquent speech
ausdrucksvolle Rede
rousing speech
stürmische Rede
to deliver [or give][or make] a speech
eine Rede halten

4. speech of actor:

speech
Rede f <-, -n>
speech (longer)
Monolog m <-(e)s, -e>
Hamlet's speech
Hamlets Monolog m

5. speech no pl LING:

direct/indirect [or reported]speech
direkte/indirekte Rede

6. speech no pl Am (speech therapy):

speech
Sprachtherapie f <-, -n>
OpenDict entry

speech N

when they had come within speech liter
als sie [schließlich] in Hörweite waren

ac·ˈcept·ance speech N

acceptance speech (by winner)
Dankesrede f <-, -n>
acceptance speech (by elected)
Antrittsrede f <-, -n>

di·rect ˈspeech N no pl

direct speech
direkte [o. wörtliche] Rede

eˈlec·tion speech N

election speech
Wahlrede f <-, -n>

free ˈspeech N no pl

free speech
Redefreiheit f <-> kein pl
right to free speech
Recht nt auf freie Meinungsäußerung

in·di·rect ˈspeech N no pl LING

indirect speech
indirekte Rede
to use indirect speech
die indirekte Rede benutzen

ˈkey·note speech N

keynote speech
programmatische Rede nt
keynote speech
Grundsatzreferat nt

maid·en ˈspeech N

maiden speech
Jungfernrede f <-, -n>
maiden speech
Antrittsrede f <-, -n>

Queen's ˈSpeech N Brit POL

Queen's Speech
Thronrede f <-, -n> spec
Queen's Speech
Parlamentseröffnungsrede f (von der Königin zur Eröffnung einer parlamentarischen Sitzungsperiode verlesene Regierungserklärung)

re·port·ed ˈspeech N no pl

reported speech
indirekte Rede

ˈspeech act N LING

speech act
Sprechakt m spec

ˈspeech bal·loon, ˈspeech bub·ble N

speech balloon
Sprechblase f <-, -n>