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

(rhetoric) Speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.

A part of speech usually expressed as a pause or hesitation; such as err, um, hmm

Speech whose timbre (but not pitch) has been affected by the inhalation of helium, due to the difference in the speed of sound in that gas, compared with air.

(grammar, narratology) reported speech

(linguistics) The continuous sound of spoken dialogue from which the listener is able to distinguish individual words and sentences.

(grammar, narratology) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.

any speech disorder

(pathology) Any mental or bodily malfunction that makes expressing oneself by speech difficult.

A therapist who treats disorders of speech, language, swallowing, or voice; a specialist in speech pathology.