speech

noun/spiːtʃ/CEFR B1

বক্তৃতা; কথা বলার ক্ষমতা

Meaning

A formal talk given to an audience, or the ability to speak.

Example sentences

The headmaster gave a short speech.প্রধান শিক্ষক সংক্ষিপ্ত বক্তৃতা দিলেন।
She lost her speech after the illness.অসুস্থতার পর তিনি কথা বলার ক্ষমতা হারান।

A common mistake

He gave a speech on the students.→He gave a speech to the students.

You give a speech to an audience and on a subject. On the students would mean they were the topic.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: address, language

Antonyms: silence

Similar words, and what each means

address
ঠিকানা; ভাষণ; সম্বোধন করা; মোকাবিলা করা
Where somebody lives, a formal speech, or to speak to somebody or deal with a problem.
language
ভাষা
The system of words a people uses to speak and write.

Other English words for “বক্তৃতা; কথা বলার ক্ষমতা”

lecture
A talk that teaches people about a subject.

Opposite words

silence
নীরবতা, নিস্তব্ধতা
A complete lack of sound or noise.

“speech” elsewhere on EnglishBD

A part of speech is the class a word belongs to because of the job it does in a particular sentence — not a label stuck permanently to the word.
Parts of Speech in English →
These forms are common in everyday speech here, and people will understand you — but write the simple form in exams, emails and interviews.
Stative Verbs: Which Verbs Cannot Take -ing →
'Go with the flow' is informal, and 'make a mountain out of a molehill' is best kept for speech.
English Idioms about Nature →

Where this word is used

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“speech” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • বক্তৃতা; কথা বলার ক্ষমতা
- • দৃঢ় দাবি, উক্তি
- • লোকদেখানো সাহস, সাহসের ভান
- • হঠাৎ সৌভাগ্য
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বক্তৃতা; কথা বলার ক্ষমতা — speech (noun) — বক্তৃতা; কথা বলার ক্ষমতা. A formal talk given to an audience, or the ability to speak.
Which word is closest in meaning to “speech”?
- • address
- • introduction
- • bay
- • examination
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address — address — ঠিকানা; ভাষণ; সম্বোধন করা; মোকাবিলা করা. Where somebody lives, a formal speech, or to speak to somebody or deal with a problem.

Related words