Reading and Speech

Reading

Reading noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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

Nearby Words: read, reader, readable, readout, readability

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

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Reading and speech are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reading" instead a noun "Speech".

Nearby Word: speechless

passionate	passionate reading	passionate speech
good	good reading	good speech
full	full reading	full speech
similar	similar reading	similar speech
Other adjectives: usual, common, brief, short, public, standard, free, actual, great, little, bad, dramatic, political, casual, odd, last, different.

Caroline in the City: When Caroline was reading Richard's memorial speech (which he had written himself) at his fake funeral

Source: Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud
Instead of a bunch of symbols, his angry speech balloon contains a single asterisk, leading to a footnote at the bottom of the frame reading, "Expletives (lots of 'em) deleted."

Source: Symbol Swearing
Just hearing two acting legends piling on hamminess while reading such inane and insipid speech is downright hilarious.

Source: Dramatic Reading

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