Paper and Speech

Paper

Paper noun - A piece of paper with information written or to be written on it.

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Speech and paper are semantically related In some cases you can use "Speech" instead a noun "Paper".

Nearby Words: papered, paperback, paperwork, papery, papering

Speech noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.

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Paper and speech are semantically related in formal talk to audience topic. Sometimes you can use "Paper" instead a noun "Speech".

Nearby Word: speechless

human	human paper	human speech
good	good paper	good speech
nice	nice paper	nice speech
similar	similar paper	similar speech
Other adjectives: normal, formal, regular, original, free, single, small, actual, bad, black, important, final, last, different.

His speech appears to be nonsense (Hamburger mantis toilet!), but finding bits of paper around his kingdom reveals that it's a word substitution cypher.

Source: Video Game / Little King's Story
A group of MIT researchers published a paper on how to fix the problem of speech recognition software producing nonsensical Mondegreens, using "common sense" word associations.

Source: Textbook Humor
Being faced quietly with the first major criminal element he's seen in his short career, Peter takes out a piece of paper with a speech written specifically for the Kingpin.... The speech is a long series of "You're so fat" jokes that send Kingpin into a fit of unstoppable rage.

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Comic Books

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