Meanings
noundirect speech (uncountable)
- uncountablegrammarThe verbatim representation of a speaker's words, usually enclosed in quotation marks and often introduced by a reporting clause.
Synonyms: direct discourse · Antonyms: indirect speech, reported speech, indirect discourse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe verbatim representation of a speaker's words, usually enclosed in quotation marks and often introduced by a reporting clause.
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Arabic كَلَام مُبَاشِر, مُقْتَبَس
- كَلَام مُبَاشِر (kalām mubāšir)the writing of speech
- مُقْتَبَس (muqtabas)the writing of speech
Bulgarian пря́ка реч
- пря́ка реч (prjáka reč)the writing of speech
Chinese Mandarin 直接引語 /直接引语
- 直接引語 /直接引语 (zhíjiē yǐnyǔ)the writing of speech
Czech přímá řeč
- přímá řečthe writing of speech
Danish direkte tale
- direkte talethe writing of speech
Dutch directe rede
- directe redethe writing of speech
Finnish suora lainaus
- suora lainausthe writing of speech
French discours direct
- discours directthe writing of speech
German direkte Rede
- direkte Redethe writing of speech
Hungarian egyenes beszéd, idézés
- egyenes beszédthe writing of speech
- idézésthe writing of speech
- idézetthe writing of speech
- idézett beszédthe writing of speech
Indonesian wacana langsung
- wacana langsungthe writing of speech
Japanese 直接話法
- 直接話法 (chokusetsu wahō)the writing of speech
Korean 직접화법
- 직접화법 (jikjeophwabeop)the writing of speech
Lithuanian tiesioginė kalba
- tiesioginė kalbathe writing of speech
Māori kī horipū
- kī horipūthe writing of speech
Polish mowa niezależna, mowa niepośrednia
- mowa niezależnathe writing of speech
- mowa niepośredniathe writing of speech
Portuguese discurso direto
- discurso diretothe writing of speech
Romanian vorbire directă
- vorbire directăthe writing of speech
Russian пряма́я речь
- пряма́я речь (prjamája rečʹ)the writing of speech
Slovak priama reč
- priama rečthe writing of speech
Swedish direkt anföring
- direkt anföringthe writing of speech
Ukrainian пряма́ мо́ва
- пряма́ мо́ва (prjamá móva)the writing of speech
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direct speech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/direct%20speech
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“direct speech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/direct%20speech. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “direct speech,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/direct%20speech.
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