speech

/spitʃ/ noun

Definition

B1 [no plural] someone’s ability to talk, or an example of someone talking: His speech was very slow and difficult to understand.

› a formal talk that someone gives to a group of people: I had to make a speech at my brother’s wedding.

(Definition of speech noun from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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