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• Queen's speech (noun)
  1. speech read by the British monarch at the opening of a new session of parliament outlining the government's plans for new legislation
• Queen's speech, the
  1. a speech given by the Queen at the official opening of the British Parliament each year, usually in October. The speech is actually written by the government, and it gives details of the government's plans for the next year, including the new laws it intends to make. When a king is ruling instead of a queen, it is called the "King's Speech".
• defect of speech (noun)
  1. a disorder of oral speech
• direct speech (noun)
  1. speech reported using the actual words spoken, as in " 'I don't want to go,' said Julie."
• feature of speech (noun)
  1. linguistics a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
• figure of speech (noun)
  1. a word or expression that is used in a different way from the normal meaning, to give you a picture in your mind
• free speech (noun)
  1. the right to express an opinion in public without being restrained or censored
• freedom of speech (noun)
  1. law a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
  2. the right to express an opinion in public without being restrained or censored
• indirect speech (noun)
  1. a way of reporting what someone said without repeating their exact words. For example, in the sentence 'Julia said that she didn't want to go', the clause 'that she didn't want to go' is indirect speech. Her actual words were 'I don't want to go'.
• keynote speech (noun)
  1. a speech setting forth the keynote
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