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SPEECH DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does speech day mean?
• SPEECH DAY (noun)
The noun SPEECH DAY has 1 sense:
1. an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
Familiarity information: SPEECH DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("speech day" is a kind of...):
day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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