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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech given to formal gathering |
| Synonyms: | chalk talk, discourse, dissertation, lecture, oration, pep talk, pitch, sermon, soapbox, spiel*, talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lesson, speech |
| Synonyms: | address, allocution, chalk talk, discourse, disquisition, harangue, instruction, oration, pep talk, pitch*, soapbox, spiel*, talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lesson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information taught |
| Synonyms: | assignment, chalk talk, class, coaching, drill, education, exercise, homework, instruction, lecture, period, practice, quiz, reading, recitation, schooling, study, task, teaching, test, tutoring |
| Notes: | lessen means to decrease in size, extent, or range, while a lesson is a unit of instruction |
| Main Entry: | oration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech |
| Synonyms: | address, chalk talk, declamation, discourse, harangue, homily, lecture, pep talk, pitch*, sermon, soapbox, spiel* |
| Antonyms: | print, writing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal talk to audience |
| Synonyms: | address, allocution, appeal, bombast, chalk talk, commentary, debate, declamation, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, eulogy, exhortation, harangue, homily, invocation, keynote, lecture, opus, oration, oratory, panegyric, paper, parlance, parley, pep talk, pitch, prelection, recitation, rhetoric, salutation, sermon, spiel*, stump, tirade, valedictory |
| Antonyms: | listening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech, address to group |
| Synonyms: | allocution, chalk talk, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed, sermon, spiel* |
| Antonyms: | listening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | training |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation |
| Synonyms: | background, basics, buildup, chalk talk, coaching, cultivation, discipline, domestication, drill, education, exercise, foundation, grounding, groundwork, guidance, indoctrination, instruction, practice, preliminaries, principles, readying, schooling, seasoning, sharpening, teaching, tuition, tune-up, tutelage, upbringing, warm-up, workout |
| Main Entry: | prelect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | address |
| Synonyms: | chalk talk, discourse, dissertation, lecture, oration, pep talk, pitch, sermon, soapbox, speak, spiel*, talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prelection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech |
| Synonyms: | address, allocution, appeal, bombast, chalk talk, commentary, debate, declamation, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, eulogy, exhortation, harangue, homily, invocation, keynote, lecture, opus, oration, oratory, panegyric, paper, parlance, parley, pep talk, pitch, recitation, rhetoric, salutation, sermon, spiel*, stump, talk, tirade, valedictory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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