Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making a speech or speeches; a formal speaking, as before an assembly; also, used attributively, marked by formal speaking or the delivery of speeches.
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- noun The delivery of
speeches
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- noun delivering an address to a public audience
Etymologies
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Examples
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S/he may indeed be a brilliant expert, but speechmaking is virtually antithetical to schema.
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S/he may indeed be a brilliant expert, but speechmaking is virtually antithetical to schema.
Women Grow Business » Hooked On a Feeling: Marketing Your Intuition At Work 2010
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S/he may indeed be a brilliant expert, but speechmaking is virtually antithetical to schema.
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This was the kind of speechmaking at which President Clinton excelled;
01/26/2003 - 02/02/2003 Jacob T. Levy 2003
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This was the kind of speechmaking at which President Clinton excelled;
Archive 2003-01-26 Jacob T. Levy 2003
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This was the kind of speechmaking at which President Clinton excelled;
Jacob T. Levy Jacob T. Levy 2003
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That kind of speechmaking defies the process-oriented approach that is dominant in baseball today—rather than rising for the big moments, managers preach that the key is to have good habits, and to treat the big moments like the mundane ones.
Win One for the Gipper? Nah Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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More eye-catching are his boyish good looks, a gift for speechmaking, and inspirational biography and ethnic roots.
Who's Afraid of Marco Rubio? Matthew Kaminski 2010
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Long on vision and somewhat shorter on kitchen-sink speechmaking, commentators waxed on and on about Obama's more-thematic-than-usual speech, which didn't try to give every single political issue a nod.
SOTU: Not much fire, but plenty of potential for sparks Jena McGregor 2011
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But this year, Jobs -- who just disclosed some health problems -- relinquished speechmaking duties to ...
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