valedictory speech

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• 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 — val|e|dic|to|ry [ˌvæləˈdıktəri] n plural valedictories formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: valedictus, past participle of valedicere to say goodbye , from vale goodbye + dicere to say ] a speech or statement in which you say goodbye when… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• valedictory — /val i dik teuh ree/, adj., n., pl. valedictories. adj. 1. bidding good bye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech. 2. of or pertaining to an occasion of leave taking: a valedictory ceremony. n. 3. an address or oration delivered at the… …   Universalium

• valedictory — val•e•dic•to•ry [[t]ˌvæl ɪˈdɪk tə ri[/t]] adj. n. pl. ries 1) bidding good bye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech[/ex] 2) of or pertaining to an occasion of leave taking: a valedictory ceremony[/ex] 3) edu an address delivered at commencement …   From formal English to slang

• valedictory — adjective formal connected with saying goodbye, especially on a formal occasion: a valedictory speech …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• valedictory — ☆ valedictory [val΄ə dik′tər ē] adj. [< L valedictus (see VALEDICTION) + ORY] said or done at parting, by way of farewell; uttered as a valediction n. pl. valedictories a farewell speech, esp. one delivered at a graduation ceremony …   English World dictionary

• speech — [n1] talk accent, articulation, communication, conversation, dialect, dialogue, diction, discussion, doublespeak*, double talk*, elocution, enunciation, expressing, expression, idiom, intercourse, jargon, language, lingo, locution, mother tongue …   New thesaurus

• speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …   English dictionary for students

• 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

• speech — Synonyms and related words: ESP, address, after dinner speech, alliteration, allocution, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, answer, answering, antiphrasis, antithesis, antonomasia, apophasis, aporia, aposiopesis,… …   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