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speech
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)
- (uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
- (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.
- A style of speaking.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:speech
- (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
- A dialect or language.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:language
- 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)
- (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.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
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)
- 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)
- An informal speech
Synonyms
- allocution
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tact
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin t?ctus. Sense “keen perception” developed in French tact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
tact (countable and uncountable, plural tacts)
- The sense of touch; feeling. [from 1650s]
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight?
- 1881, Joseph LeConte, Sight: An Exposition on the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision
- Now, sight is a very refined tact.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- (music) The stroke in beating time.
- Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. [from early 19th c.]
- Synonyms: sensitivity, consideration, diplomacy, tactfulness
- (slang) Clipping of tactic.
- 2006 "Block Party", Corner Gas
- Wanda "Hey, can you show us?"
Karen "No"
Brent "We promise not to make fun of you."
Karen "No"
Lacey "Okay, we promise TO make fun of you."
Karen "I'm getting a drink"
Lacey "I was trying a different tact."
Wanda "Bad tack."
- Wanda "Hey, can you show us?"
- 2006 "Block Party", Corner Gas
- (psychology) A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
- 2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment
- Skinner (1957) saw such tacts as responses that are reinforced socially.
- 2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment
Derived terms
- tactful
- tactless
Translations
Verb
tact (third-person singular simple present tacts, present participle tacting, simple past and past participle tacted)
- (psychology) To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
Further reading
- tact on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- tact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- Catt
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French tact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?kt/
- Hyphenation: tact
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
tact m (uncountable)
- tact, discernment
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tactus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /takt/
Noun
tact m (plural tacts)
- tact
Related terms
- tactile
Further reading
- “tact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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