Definition of "speeches" []

• Plural form of speech. (noun)

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• "Mrs. Ransom wants him to go with her to hear the speeches this evening -- the _speeches_, you understand?"
• "The reason he doesn't do well in speeches is because it's not from the heart and you can plainly see he lies continuously and then gets stumped."
• "I do certainly think that much of the animation in some of the speeches is the general animation of the Nation, and that if they were spoken to an audience they would be felt."