different between declaration vs speech

English

Etymology

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin d?cl?r?ti?nem, accusative of Latin d?cl?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?kl???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
6. (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Synonyms

• (act or process of declaring): notice
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement

Hyponyms

• (computing): forward declaration

Related terms

• declare

Translations

See also

• complaint
• customs declaration
• statutory
• statutory declaration

Further reading

• declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• indacaterol, redactional

Middle French

Noun

declaration f (plural declarations)

1. declaration

English

Alternative forms

• speach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English speche, from Old English sp??, spr?? (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-Germanic *spr?kij?, *spr?k? (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi?t?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?

Noun

speech (countable and uncountable, plural speeches)

1. (uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
2. (countable) A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.

   Synonyms: monologue, oration, soliloquy

   • 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman

     The constant design of both these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point.
3. A style of speaking.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:speech
4. (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
5. A dialect or language.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:language
6. Talk; mention; rumour.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• speak

Translations

Verb

speech (third-person singular simple present speeches, present participle speeching, simple past and past participle speeched)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.
   • 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song

     I'll speech against peace while Dismal's my name, / And be a true whig, while I'm Not-in-game.

Derived terms

• bespeech

Anagrams

• cheeps

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English speech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spit?/

Noun

speech m (plural speechen or speeches, diminutive speechje n)

1. speech, oration (oral monologic address of some length)

   redevoering (“toespraak”)

Derived terms

• speechen

Anagrams

• scheep

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spit?/

Noun

speech m (plural speechs)

1. An informal speech

Synonyms

• allocution