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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

speech act go
the use of language to perform some act

address, speech go
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

oratory
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

noun.communication

8 Subcategories

keynote speech, keynote address go
a speech setting forth the keynote
nomination, nominating speech, nominating address go
an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
oration go
an instance of oratory
declamation go
vehement oratory
epideictic oratory go
a type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of people
stump speech go
political oratory
salutatory address, salutatory oration, salutatory go
an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory go
a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)