| speech therapy | any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech |
CD-ROM
compact disc read-only memory | a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system), a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user |
erasable programmable read-only memory
EPROM | (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data |
random-access memory
random access memory
random memory
RAM read
write memory | the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on, an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible |
read-only memory
ROM
read-only storage
fixed storage | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed |
| read-only memory chip | a memory chip providing read-only memory |
readout
read-out | an electronic device the displays information is a visual form |
read
write head
head | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk |
| visible speech | spectrogram of speech, speech displayed spectrographically |
| speech intelligibility | the intelligibility of speech (usually measured in the presence of noise or distortion) |
| freedom of speech | a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
speech organ
vocal organ
organ of speech | any of the organs involved in speech production |
language
speech | the mental faculty or power of vocal communication, language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals |
| speech perception | the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech |
feature of speech
feature | (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind |
part of speech
form class
word class | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |
| visible speech | a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the th century |
| read-only file | (computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change |
part-of-speech tagger
pos tagger | a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech |
| read | something that is read, the article was a very good read |
| lecture speech talking to | a lengthy rebuke, a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline, the teacher gave him a talking to |
readout
read-out | the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device |
actor's line
speech words | words making up the dialogue of a play, the actor forgot his speech |
manner of speaking
speech delivery | your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally, his manner of speaking was quite abrupt, her speech was barren of southernisms, I detected a slight accent in his speech |
rhythm
speech rhythm | the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements, the rhythm of Frost's poetry |
trope
figure of speech
figure image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
speech
speech communication
spoken communication
spoken language
language voice communication
oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth, his speech was garbled, he uttered harsh language, he recorded the spoken language of the streets |
| speech | the exchange of spoken words, they were perfectly comfortable together without speech |
phone
speech sound
sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
stop consonant
stop
occlusive
plosive consonant
plosive speech sound
plosive | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, his stop consonants are too aspirated |
| speaking speech production | the utterance of intelligible speech |
| speech | something spoken, he could hear them uttering merry speeches |
| accent speech pattern | distinctive manner of oral expression, he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent, she had a very clear speech pattern |
phatic speech
phatic communication | conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information |
| second-hand speech | overheard conversation (especially overheard cellphone conversation) |
| non-standard speech | speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |
| speech act | the use of language to perform some act |
address
speech | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience, he listened to an address on minor Roman poets |
keynote speech
keynote address | a speech setting forth the keynote |
nominating speech
nominating address
nomination | an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election, the nomination was brief and to the point |
| stump speech | political oratory |
| readout read-out | the output of a computer in readable form |
| speech community | people sharing a given language or dialect |
| speech therapist | a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders |
| speech spectrum | the average sound spectrum for the human voice |
Read method of childbirth
Read method | a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological, involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises |
speech disorder
speech defect
defect of speech | a disorder of oral speech |
| speech day | an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed |
| understand read interpret translate | make sense of a language, She understands French, Can you read Greek? |
learn study
read take | be a student of a certain subject, She is reading for the bar exam |