allocution
Roget category 586
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#586.
Allocution
noun
allocution,
alloquy†,
address —
speech
etc.
582 —
apostrophe,
interpellation,
appeal,
invocation,
salutation —
word in the ear.
[Feigned dialogue]
dialogism†.
platform
etc.
542 —
plank —
audience
etc.
(interview)
588.
verb
speak to,
address,
accost,
make up to,
apostrophize,
appeal to,
invoke —
ball,
salute —
call to,
halloo.
take aside,
take by the button —
talk to in private.
lecture
etc.
(make a speech)
582.
interjection
soho! †,
halloo!,
hey!,
hist!,
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