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speech acts

speech acts is the plural of speech act.

Meaning of speech act

Noun

speech act (plural speech acts)

  1. An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.

Questions about speech acts

What is speech acts the plural of?
Speech acts is the plural of speech act.

Words near speech acts in the dictionary

  1. Speeces
  2. speech
  3. speech act
  4. speech act participant
  5. speech act participants
  6. speech acts
  7. speech balloon
  8. speech balloons
  9. speech bubble
  10. speech bubbles
  11. speech communities

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