valedictory address

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• valedictory address — noun a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) • Syn: ↑valediction, ↑valedictory oration, ↑valedictory • Derivationally related forms: ↑valedictory (for: ↑valedictory) …   Useful english dictionary

• valedictory — (adj.) 1650s, from L. valedictum (pp. of valedicere; see VALEDICTION (Cf. valediction)) + ORY (Cf. ory). Valedictory address is recorded from 1779 …   Etymology dictionary

• valedictory — [[t]væ̱lɪdɪ̱ktəri[/t]] valedictories 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A valedictory speech, letter, or performance is one that is intended as a way of saying goodbye when someone leaves another person, a place, or a job. [FORMAL] ...Mr Walker, making his… …   English dictionary

• valedictory — n. farewell speech 1) to deliver, give a valedictory 2) (misc.) a valedictory address * * * [ˌvælɪ dɪkt(ə)rɪ] give a valedictory (misc.) a valedictory address [ farewell speech ] to deliver …   Combinatory dictionary

• address — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, abiding place, ability, abode, accost, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adduce, adeptness, adroitness, advance, affability, affectation, affirmation, after dinner speech, aim, air, airmanship,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• valedictory — Synonyms and related words: Godspeed, address, adieu, after dinner speech, allocution, aloha, chalk talk, conge, debate, declamation, departing, diatribe, doch an dorrach, eulogy, exhortation, farewell, filibuster, final, forensic, forensic… …   Moby Thesaurus

• valedictory oration — noun a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) • Syn: ↑valediction, ↑valedictory address, ↑valedictory • Derivationally related forms: ↑valedictory (for: ↑valedictory) …   Useful english dictionary

• valedictory — /væləˈdɪktəri/ (say valuh diktuhree) adjective 1. bidding farewell; farewell. 2. of or relating to an occasion of leave taking. –noun 3. a valedictory address or oration. 4. US (in colleges and schools) the oration delivered by the valedictorian …  

• valedictory speaker — noun the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement • Syn: ↑valedictorian • Hypernyms: ↑scholar, ↑scholarly person, ↑bookman, ↑student …   Useful english dictionary

• Valedictory — Val e*dic to*ry, n.; pl. {Valedictories}. A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• valedictory — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ serving as a farewell. ► NOUN (pl. valedictories) ▪ a farewell address …   English terms dictionary