SPEECH PRODUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does speech production mean? 

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

1. the utterance of intelligible speech

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEECH PRODUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The utterance of intelligible speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

speaking; speech production

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

utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)

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

speech (the exchange of spoken words)

susurration; voicelessness; whisper; whispering (speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords)