Definitions of speech:

• noun:   (language) communication by word of mouth

  Example: "His speech was garbled"

• noun:   the exchange of spoken words

  Example: "They were perfectly comfortable together without speech"

• noun:   something spoken

  Example: "He could hear them uttering merry speeches"

• noun:   the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
• noun:   a lengthy rebuke
• noun:   words making up the dialogue of a play

  Example: "The actor forgot his speech"

• noun:   your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

  Example: "Her speech was barren of southernisms"

• noun:   the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience