| 1. that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing
spoken, word 1) any sound produced by the voice and having definite meaning 2) speech, discourse 1b1. what one has said 3) a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one's mind made in words) 1c1. an utterance 1c2. a saying of any sort as a message, a narrative 1c 1) concerning some occurrence 2. subject matter of speech, thing spoken of 1) so far forth as it is a matter of narration 2) so far as it is a matter of command 3) a matter of dispute, case at law |