The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freedom, speech.

A provisional designation (because of a naming dispute with Greece) formerly used by many international organizations to refer to the Republic of North Macedonia, a country on the Balkan Peninsula. (Abbreviated FYROM.)

(law) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.

A country in North America, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and including Alaska, Hawaii, and several territories.

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

(transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction. / (transitive) To place out of line. / (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

(business, finance) The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.

(historical) A nation in Eurasia that existed from December 30, 1922 to December 26, 1991.

plural of degree of comparison

(slang) A very sexually desirable woman.