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Speaking

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Similar meaning 4

Articulate 84% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Articulate 84% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tongued 84% connected

of Tongue

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Tongued 84% connected

of Tongue

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Broader term 4

Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Utterance 76% connected

The act of uttering.

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Vocalization 76% connected

The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

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Narrower term 9

Debate 76% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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Disputation 76% connected

The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reading 76% connected

of Read

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Recital 76% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Recitation 76% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Susurration 76% connected

A whispering; a soft murmur.

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Whisper 76% connected

To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibratio…

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Whispering 76% connected

of Whisper

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Derivationally related 2

Speak 74% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Speak 74% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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