communication of thought by words; talk; conversation

earnest and intelligent discourse.

a formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing, as a dissertation, treatise, sermon, etc.

Linguistics . any unit of connected speech or writing longer than a sentence.

to communicate thoughts orally; talk; converse.

to treat of a subject formally in speech or writing.

to utter or give forth (musical sounds).

noun

quiet , silence

verb

be quiet

noun

address , article , chat , communication , conversation , converse , descant , discussion , disquisition , essay , gabfest , homily , huddle , lecture , memoir , monograph , monologue , oration , paper , rhetoric , sermon , speaking , speech , talk , thesis , tractate , treatise , utterance , verbalization , vocalization , colloquy , confabulation , dialogue , dissertation , expiation , harangue , narration

verb

argue , chew * , comment , commentate , confab , confer , converse , debate , declaim , descant , develop , dilate upon , dispute , dissert , dissertate , elaborate , enlarge , expand , expatiate , explain , expound , give a meeting , harangue , hold forth , lecture , modulate , orate , perorate , remark , sermonize , talk , treat , voice , chat , confabulate , speak , address , argument , colloquy , conversation , description , dialogue , discuss , discussion , dissertation , eulogy , homily , monologue , narration , oration , paper , parley , preach , prelect , rhetoric , sermon , soliloquy , tell , thesis , treatise