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direct speech en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The verbatim representation of a speaker's words, usually enclosed in quotation marks and often introduced by a reporting clause.

Antonyms

indirect speech · reported speech · indirect discourse

Synonyms

direct discourse

Translations (33)

pt discurso direto (the writing of speech) · ar كَلَام مُبَاشِر (the writing of speech) · ar مُقْتَبَس (the writing of speech) · ml അഭികഥനം (the writing of speech) · pl mowa niezależna (the writing of speech) · id wacana langsung (the writing of speech) · sl premi govor (the writing of speech) · pl mowa niepośrednia (the writing of speech) · hu idézés (the writing of speech) · ko 직접화법 (the writing of speech) · be прама́я мо́ва (the writing of speech) · ja 直接話法 (the writing of speech) · lt tiesioginė kalba (the writing of speech) · hu idézet (the writing of speech) · bg пря́ка реч (the writing of speech) · sq ligjëratë e drejtë (the writing of speech) · ru пряма́я речь (the writing of speech) · de direkte Rede (the writing of speech) · fi suora lainaus (the writing of speech) · ro vorbire directă (the writing of speech) · hu egyenes beszéd (the writing of speech) · da direkte tale (the writing of speech) · mi kī horipū (the writing of speech) · fr discours direct (the writing of speech) · uk пряма́ мо́ва (the writing of speech) · nl directe rede (the writing of speech) · sv direkt anföring (the writing of speech) · cs přímá řeč (the writing of speech) · be прама́я гаво́рка (the writing of speech) · sk priama reč (the writing of speech) · hu idézett beszéd (the writing of speech) · ba тура телмәр (the writing of speech) · cmn 直接引語 /直接引语 (the writing of speech)