- speech day
- noun Brit. an annual event held at some schools, especially public schools, at which speeches are made and prizes are presented.
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speech day
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speech day — speech days N VAR In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher. [BRIT] … English dictionary
speech day — n an occasion held once a year in some British schools, when prizes are given to children and people give speeches … Dictionary of contemporary English
speech day — noun an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
speech day — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms speech day : singular speech day plural speech days British a formal occasion at a school when students get prizes and people make speeches … English dictionary
speech day — /ˈspitʃ deɪ/ (say speech day) noun an annual ceremony at a school, attended by parents, when speeches are made and prizes distributed. Also, presentation day …
speech day — noun A school event where prizes are given out pupils, and speeches are made by guest speakers … Wiktionary
speech day — noun (C) an occasion held once a year in some British schools, when prizes are given to children … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
day — W1S1 [deı] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(24 hours)¦ 2¦(not night)¦ 3¦(when you are awake)¦ 4¦(time at work)¦ 5¦(past)¦ 6¦(now)¦ 7¦(future)¦ 8 somebody s/something s day 9 Independence/election/Christmas etc day 10 five/three/ni … Dictionary of contemporary English
speech — n. 1 the faculty or act of speaking. 2 a formal public address. 3 a manner of speaking (a man of blunt speech). 4 a remark (after this speech he was silent). 5 the language of a nation, region, group, etc. 6 Mus. the act of sounding in an organ… … Useful english dictionary
day — /deI/ noun PERIOD OF TIME 1 (C) a period of 24 hours: We spent three days in Paris then went south. | What day is it today Tuesday? | the day before yesterday: I just saw Pat the day before yesterday. | the day after tomorrow: We re leaving for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
