SPEECH PATTERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does speech pattern mean? 

• SPEECH PATTERN (noun)
  The noun SPEECH PATTERN has 1 sense:

1. distinctive manner of oral expression

  Familiarity information: SPEECH PATTERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEECH PATTERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distinctive manner of oral expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accent; speech pattern

Context example:

she had a very clear speech pattern

Hypernyms ("speech pattern" is a kind of...):

pronunciation (the manner in which someone utters a word)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speech pattern"):

drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels)