SPEECH ACT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the use of language to perform some act
   Hypernyms(s) speech act is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • human action (what does human action mean?)
   • human activity (what does human activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • congratulation (what does congratulation mean?)
   • felicitation (what does felicitation mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • proposal (what does proposal mean?)
   • proposition (what does proposition mean?)
   • command (what does command mean?)
   • bid (what does bid mean?)
   • bidding (what does bidding mean?)
   • dictation (what does dictation mean?)
   • agreement (what does agreement mean?)
   • citation (what does citation mean?)
   • disagreement (what does disagreement mean?)
   • offer (what does offer mean?)
   • offering (what does offering mean?)
   • request (what does request mean?)
   • asking (what does asking mean?)
   • reply (what does reply mean?)
   • response (what does response mean?)
   • description (what does description mean?)
   • affirmation (what does affirmation mean?)
   • assertion (what does assertion mean?)
   • statement (what does statement mean?)
   • denial (what does denial mean?)
   • rejection (what does rejection mean?)
   • objection (what does objection mean?)
   • informing (what does informing mean?)
   • making known (what does making known mean?)
   • disclosure (what does disclosure mean?)
   • revelation (what does revelation mean?)
   • revealing (what does revealing mean?)
   • promise (what does promise mean?)
   • boast (what does boast mean?)
   • boasting (what does boasting mean?)
   • self-praise (what does self-praise mean?)
   • jactitation (what does jactitation mean?)
   • naming (what does naming mean?)
   • challenge (what does challenge mean?)
   • explanation (what does explanation mean?)
   • denunciation (what does denunciation mean?)
   • denouncement (what does denouncement mean?)
   • address (what does address mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • resignation (what does resignation mean?)