distill

(verb)

To extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.

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Examples of distill in the following topics:

  • Choosing a Topic

    • When choosing your speech topic, brainstorm to generate many ideas, and distill those ideas to find your singular topic.
    • Once you've brainstormed your many ideas, it's time to refine your ideas and distill them into one topic.
    • This might give you even more ideas of how to refine and distill your topic, or more appropriately adapt it to your audience or venue.

  • The Speech of Introduction

    • In the latter instance, you may want to distill that into your own prepared remarks.

  • Introduction

    • Since the introduction is often used as an outline for the key points of your speech, it's helpful to have written the entire speech to be able to distill your speech into its major points and arguments.