speechmaking

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From speech + making.

As his only contribution to the speechmaking, Mr. Cecil Barr-Smith greeted this sentiment with a hearty "Hear, hear!" — Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic, Herbert Quick
Don't look for me to come up into the Park to help the show when there's a Birthday, or a fine Speechmaking, or what not. — A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others, Unknown
As President of the Senate he had had some practice in that style of speechmaking; and he only substituted the eulogy of the Monarchical Government for that of the Republican Government 'a sempre bene', as the Italians say. — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

public speaking, speaking, oral presentation

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