reported speech
31direct speech — ► NOUN ▪ the reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker, for example ‘I m going’, she said. Contrasted with REPORTED SPEECH(Cf. ↑reported speech) …
32indirect speech — /ɪndəˌrɛkt ˈspitʃ/ (say induh.rekt speech) noun the speech or writing of another not quoted verbatim, but modified as to person, tense, etc., so that the hearer or reader is aware that the statements made are at second hand; reported speech.… …
33indirect speech — BrE indirect discourse AmE also reported speech n [U] technical a way of reporting what someone said without repeating their exact words. For example, in the sentence Julia said that she didn t want to go , the clause that she didn t want to go… …
34direct speech — noun the reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker, for example ‘I m going,’ she said. Contrasted with reported speech …
35direct speech — noun (U) technical the style used to report what someone says by giving their actual words, for example I don t want to go, said Julie; direct discourse AmE compare indirect speech, reported speech …
36indirect speech — see reported speech …
37indirect speech — noun reported speech …
38indirect speech — noun another term for reported speech …
39ˌindirect ˈspeech — noun [U] linguistics the words that you use for reporting what someone else has said, for example ‘She said that we must leave Syn: reported speech …
40Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech — President Obama speaks in honor of the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting. President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Together We Thrive: Tucson and America memorial on January 12, 2011, held in the McKale Center on… …
