direct speech

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Definitions of direct speech words

noun direct speech actual words spoken, not quoted or reported 1
uncountable noun direct speech In grammar, direct speech is speech which is reported by using the exact words that the speaker used. 0
noun direct speech the reporting of what someone has said or written by quoting his or her exact words 0
noun direct speech (grammar) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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direct discourse — quotation of a speaker in which the speaker's exact words are repeated.

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