direct speech

noun

1. the reporting of what someone has said or written by quoting his exact words

Example Sentences

Broadcaster Eamonn Holmes said: "He made direct speech entertaining. With that he was ahead of his time. I'm just sorry he hasn't had more time."

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The researchers observed that cortical activity tracks energy changes related to direct speech, despite the strong interference of the echo.

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This remained true even when participants were told to direct their attention toward a silent film and ignore the story, suggesting that top-down attention isn't required to mentally separate direct speech and its echo.

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Belafonte never makes a direct speech about injustice.

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Called YIKO, it’s a natural language processing technology that takes direct speech commands, so you can tell it to start, stop, and where to clean without getting out a phone or talking to a smart speaker.

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