speech you make to yourself | the mental faculty or power of vocal communication |
a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor | the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication |
a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation) | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
| (language) communication by word of mouth |
| the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number |
| a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline |