prepared speech

collocation in English

meaningsofpreparedandspeech

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prepared
adjective
uk
/prɪˈpeəd/
us
/prɪˈperd/
ready to deal with ...
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speech
noun
uk
/spiːtʃ/
us
/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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(Definition ofpreparedandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprepared speech

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It will be of much greater benefit to what you want to convey if you speak either more slowly or without apreparedspeech.
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He ought to be ready to interrupt his carefullypreparedspeechin order to answer some of these important points.
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I was not following apreparedspeechat that moment.
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There were passages towards the end of his carefullypreparedspeechwhich will make interesting reading.
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I have not come with anypreparedspeech.
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I see no reason for introducing any changes in mypreparedspeech.
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Entering into a debate with apreparedspeechis like entering into action in a tank.
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Her statement was in answer to a question in an interview; it was not in apreparedspeech.
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I am tempted to throw away thepreparedspeechand just to answer some of the points that have been made this evening.
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That is the way with apreparedspeech, a brief.
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I shall set mypreparedspeechon one side because there clearly is no time to develop my remarks.
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I am awfully sorry to interrupt what is obviously a very carefullypreparedspeech.
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I am sorry to interrupt such a carefullypreparedspeech.
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That matter is dealt with at the start of mypreparedspeech.
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He had a carefullypreparedspeechand had to reduce it because of the time, which is always difficult for anyone.
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Every one of those members delivered apreparedspeech.
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I shall not read mypreparedspeechas time does not permit, but this is quite an historic moment.
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I would just like to finish, regardless of anypreparedspeech, on what is absolutely essential and vital to remember.
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They sometimes show the true state of a man's point of view more than does apreparedspeech.
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