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4 N‑COUNT A speech is a formal talk which someone gives to an audience. □  She is due to make a speech on the economy next week. □  He delivered his speech in French. □  …a dramatic resignation speech.

5 N‑COUNT A speech is a group of lines spoken by a character in a play. □  …a great actor delivering a key speech from Hamlet.

6 → see also direct speech , figure of speech , indirect speech , maiden speech , part of speech , reported speech COLLOCATIONS speech NOUN

2

adjective + speech : slurred; clear, fluent

4

noun + speech : acceptance, conference, keynote, victory

adjective + speech : impassioned, motivational, rousing; inaugural, televised

verb + speech : deliver, give, make

spee ch day (speech days ) N‑VAR In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher. [BRIT ]

speechi|fy|ing /spiː tʃ I fa I I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …five tedious days of speechifying and punditing.

speech|less /spiː tʃləs/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you are speechless , you are temporarily unable to speak, usually because something has shocked you. □ [+ with ] Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.

spee ch the ra|pist (speech therapists ) N‑COUNT A speech therapist is a person whose job is to help people to overcome speech and language problems.

spee ch the ra|py N‑UNCOUNT Speech therapy is the treatment of people who have speech and language problems. □  A stammering child can benefit from speech therapy.

speech|writ|er /spiː tʃra I tə ^r / (speechwriters ) N‑COUNT A speechwriter is a person who writes speeches for important people such as politicians.

speed ◆◆◇ /spiː d/ (speeds , speeding , sped , speeded ) The form of the past tense and past participle is sped in meaning 5 but speeded for the phrasal verb. 1 N‑VAR The speed of something is the rate at which it moves or travels. □  He drove off at high speed. □  With this type of camera, the shutter speed is fixed. □  An electrical pulse in a wire travels close to the speed of light. □  Wind speeds reached force five.

2 N‑COUNT The speed of something is the rate at which it happens or is done. □  In the late 1850s the speed of technological change quickened. □  Each learner can proceed at his own speed.

3 N‑UNCOUNT Speed is very fast movement or travel. □  Speed is the essential ingredient of all athletics. □  He put on a burst of speed. □  The car is quite noisy at speed.

4 N‑UNCOUNT Speed is a very fast rate at which something happens or is done. □ [+ of ] I was amazed at his speed of working. □ [+ of ] …the sheer speed of the unification process.

5 VERB If you speed somewhere, you move or travel there quickly, usually in a vehicle. □ [V prep/adv] Cars continue to speed through our beautiful village. □ [V prep/adv] The engine noise rises only slightly as I speed along.

6 VERB [usu cont] Someone who is speeding is driving a vehicle faster than the legal speed limit. □ [V ] This man was not qualified to drive and was speeding. ●  speed|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  He was fined for speeding last year.

7 N‑UNCOUNT Speed is an illegal drug such as amphetamine which some people take to increase their energy and excitement. [INFORMAL ]

8 → see also -speed

9pick up speed → see pick