Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opening speech

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: open-ing speech
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail.

Inflected Forms

opening speeches (plural)

Synonyms

opening statement opening argument

Questions

What does opening speech mean?: In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail.

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