Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to speech
Participle: speeched
Gerund: speeching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | speech |
| you | speech |
| he;she;it | speeches |
| we | speech |
| you | speech |
| they | speech |
Perfect
| I | have speeched |
| you | have speeched |
| he;she;it | has speeched |
| we | have speeched |
| you | have speeched |
| they | have speeched |
Past
| I | speeched |
| you | speeched |
| he;she;it | speeched |
| we | speeched |
| you | speeched |
| they | speeched |
Pluperfect
| I | had speeched |
| you | had speeched |
| he;she;it | had speeched |
| we | had speeched |
| you | had speeched |
| they | had speeched |
Future
| I | will speech |
| you | will speech |
| he;she;it | will speech |
| we | will speech |
| you | will speech |
| they | will speech |
Future Perfect
| I | will have speeched |
| you | will have speeched |
| he;she;it | will have speeched |
| we | will have speeched |
| you | will have speeched |
| they | will have speeched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | speech |
| you | speech |
| he;she;it | speech |
| we | speech |
| you | speech |
| they | speech |
Perfect
| I | have speeched |
| you | have speeched |
| he;she;it | have speeched |
| we | have speeched |
| you | have speeched |
| they | have speeched |
Imperfect
| I | speeched |
| you | speeched |
| he;she;it | speeched |
| we | speeched |
| you | speeched |
| they | speeched |
Pluperfect
| I | had speeched |
| you | had speeched |
| he;she;it | had speeched |
| we | had speeched |
| you | had speeched |
| they | had speeched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would speech |
| you | would speech |
| he;she;it | would speech |
| we | would speech |
| you | would speech |
| they | would speech |
Perfect
| I | would have speeched |
| you | would have speeched |
| he;she;it | would have speeched |
| we | would have speeched |
| you | would have speeched |
| they | would have speeched |
Imperative
| you | speech |
| we | Let's speech |
| you | speech |
Verbs conjugated like 'speech'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'speech'
spelch,
bespeech,
breech,
deech,
fleech,
leech,
meech,
peach,
pech,
peece,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-West Germanic *sprākī
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
4. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
5. Proto-Germanic *-ō
6. Proto-West Germanic *-u
7. Proto-West Germanic *sprāku
8. Old English sprǣċ
9. Old English spǣċ
10. Middle English speche
11. English speech
12. From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.
Sample Sentences
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I'll speech against peace while Dismal's my name, / And be a true whig, while I'm Not-in-game. [1711 [December?] (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Excellent New Song. Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator against Peace [i.e., Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham].”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 73:]
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So to Speeching he did go, / And like a Man of Senſe, / He certainly ſaid Ay or No, [1731, The Statesman: A New Court Ballad, page 7:]
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Two lawyers who had come over from Williamsburg to make speeches in honor of Battery Dan were told by Lawyer William J. Caffrey that only Manhattanites would be allowed to speak. “If you let my friend speech something,” said one of the Williamsburgers, “I will be satisfactioned mitout^([sic]) speeching.[…]” [1905 June 11, “Cheer Battery Dan at Lawyers’ Recption […]”, in The New York Times, volume LIV, number 17,305, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 3:]
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"He wasn't one to make himself big," said Mr. Jones. "But he had something that drew the people when he was speeching... When he came down we all used to shout 'Lloyd George am byth!' You know, 'Lloyd George forever!' That was just how we felt." [1965 June 26, “Wales, Land of Bards”, in National Geographic, volume 127, number 6:]