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  • 21ACT New Zealand — Infobox New Zealand Political Party name english = ACT New Zealand name maori = party party wikicolourid = ACTNZ leader = Rodney Hide president = Garry Mallett deputy = Heather Roy mps = 2 foundation = 1994 ideology = Classical Liberalism… …

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  • 22speech — noun 1 speaking ADJECTIVE ▪ slurred ▪ She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking. ▪ clipped ▪ casual ▪ connected …

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  • 23Speech production — Human vocal apparatus used to produce speech Speech production is the process by which spoken words are selected to be produced, have their phonetics formulated and then finally are articulated by the motor system in the vocal apparatus. Speech… …

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  • 24speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …

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  • 25speech — [[t]spi͟ːtʃ[/t]] ♦♦ speeches 1) N UNCOUNT Speech is the ability to speak or the act of speaking. ...the development of speech in children... Intoxication interferes with speech and coordination. ...a speech therapist specialising in stammering.… …

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  • 26speech recognition — Computers. the computerized analysis of spoken words in order to identify the speaker, as in security systems, or to respond to voiced commands: the analysis is performed by finding patterns in the spectrum of the incoming sound and comparing… …

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  • 27speech sound — noun (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language • Syn: ↑phone, ↑sound • Derivationally related forms: ↑sound (for: ↑sound), ↑phonic …

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  • 28Speech House — The Speech House is the administrative building of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, lying at the centre of the forest on the road from Coleford to Cinderford. [Brooks Verey] The Speech House was authorised by the Act of 1668 as… …

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  • 29speech — [[t]spitʃ[/t]] n. 1) the faculty or power of speaking; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds 2) the act of speaking 3) something that is spoken; an utterance 4) a form of communication in spoken language, made by a… …

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  • 30ACT on Campus — Infobox Political Youth Organization name english = ACT on Campus President = Mike Bridge colorcode = foundation = headquarters = ideology = Classical Liberal Libertarian international = regional1 type = regional1 name = student = secretary =… …

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