English > speech act: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | The use of language to perform some act. |
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| Narrower | address, speech | The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience |
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| affirmation, assertion, statement | The act of affirming / affirming or asserting or stating something |
| agreement | The verbal / verbal / verbal act of agreeing / agreeing / agreeing |
| boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
| challenge | A call to engage in a contest / contest or fight |
| citation | (law) the act of citing / citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) |
| command, bid, bidding, dictation | An authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
| congratulation, felicitation | The act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration |
| denial | The act of refusing / refusing to comply (as with a request) |
| denunciation, denouncement | A public act of denouncing |
| description | The act of describing something |
| disagreement | The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
| disclosure, revelation, revealing | The speech act of making something evident / evident |
| explanation | The act of explaining |
| informing, making known | A speech act that conveys information |
| naming | The verbal / verbal / verbal act of naming |
| objection | The speech act of objecting |
| offer, offering | The verbal / verbal / verbal act of offering |
| promise | A verbal / verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future |
| proposal, proposition | The act of making a proposal |
| rejection | The speech act of rejecting |
| reply, response | The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange |
| request, asking | The verbal / verbal / verbal act of requesting / requesting / requesting |
| resignation | The act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) |
| slander | words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
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| Spanish | acto de habla |
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| Catalan | acte de parla |
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