speech

About 65.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

noun The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
He had a bad speech impediment.
noun The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
It was hard to hear his speech over the noise.
noun A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
noun A dialect, vernacular, or a language.
noun Language used orally, rather than in writing.
This word is mostly used in speech.
noun An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
noun Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
verb To make (a speech); to harangue.