Oration and Public speaking

Oration

Oration noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.
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Public speaking and oration are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Public speaking" instead a noun "Oration".

Nearby Words: oratory, orated, orator, orating

Public speaking

Public speaking noun - The art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively.
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Oration and public speaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Oration" instead a noun phrase "Public speaking".

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  • Theatre / Julius Caesar Unaccustomed as I Am to Public Speaking...: Mark Antony's funeral oration: "I am no orator, as Brutus is..." Cassius does this more subtly to Brutus in Act I, Scene II, when he expresses pleasure that his "weak words have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus".
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