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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɔɹˈeɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oration.wav [Southern-England] Forms: orations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“I orate”) + -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ōrātiō|ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem}} Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, {{m|la|ōrō||I orate}} ōrō (“I orate”), {{m|la|-ātiō||action (nominalizer)}} -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”), {{doublet|en|orison|notext=1}} orison Head templates: {{en-noun}} oration (plural orations)
  1. A formal, often ceremonial speech. Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms (formal speech): eulogy (english: funeral oration), homily, sermon (english: religious), address, discourse, harangue, lecture Translations (formal speech): خُطْبَة (ḵuṭba) [feminine] (Arabic), тържествена реч (tǎržestvena reč) [feminine] (Bulgarian), redevoering [feminine] (Dutch), juhlapuhe (Finnish), oraison [feminine] (French), orasi (Indonesian), ōrātiō [feminine] (Latin), pengucapan (Malay), oracja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-oration-en-noun-nQLR-wrh Disambiguation of Talking: 43 27 25 5 Disambiguation of 'formal speech': 82 13 5 Disambiguation of 'formal speech': 82 13 5
  2. (humorous) A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting. Tags: humorous Synonyms (lengthy speech in a private setting): lecture, spiel Translations (lengthy speech in a private setting): oraison [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-oration-en-noun-NZjesj1w Disambiguation of 'lengthy speech in a private setting': 12 85 3 Disambiguation of 'lengthy speech in a private setting': 10 87 3
  3. (Catholicism) A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people. Categories (topical): Catholicism Translations (short, solemn prayer): oracja [feminine] (Polish), oração [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-oration-en-noun-YFVGf02h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 11 57 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 7 63 7 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity Disambiguation of 'short, solemn prayer': 3 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: orate, orator, oratory, oratrix, orison, peroration

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɔɹˈeɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oration.wav [Southern-England] Forms: orations [present, singular, third-person], orationing [participle, present], orationed [participle, past], orationed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“I orate”) + -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ōrātiō|ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem}} Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, {{m|la|ōrō||I orate}} ōrō (“I orate”), {{m|la|-ātiō||action (nominalizer)}} -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”), {{doublet|en|orison|notext=1}} orison Head templates: {{en-verb}} oration (third-person singular simple present orations, present participle orationing, simple past and past participle orationed)
  1. To deliver an oration; to speak. Synonyms: hold forth, orate, sermonize, speechify
    Sense id: en-oration-en-verb-~woncGBG

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} oration c, {{sv-noun|c}} oration c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], oration [indefinite, nominative, singular], orationen [definite, nominative, singular], orationer [indefinite, nominative, plural], orationerna [definite, nominative, plural], orations [genitive, indefinite, singular], orationens [definite, genitive, singular], orationers [genitive, indefinite, plural], orationernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. an oration (formal, often ceremonial speech) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-oration-sv-noun-96nI~4vi Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. oration (lengthy (empty) talk or writing) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-oration-sv-noun-b1U1Lf6O Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: orator, orera

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1633, John Donne (attributed translator), The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke, by Aristeus 1900. yeares since, London, p. 80, cited in Henry Todd, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, Volume 3,\nThey gave answers with great sufficiency touching all difficulties concerning their own law, and had marvellous promptitude both for orationing and giving judgement."
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      "sense": "lengthy speech in a private setting",
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      "word": "خُطْبَة"
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          "text": "1633, John Donne (attributed translator), The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke, by Aristeus 1900. yeares since, London, p. 80, cited in Henry Todd, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, Volume 3,\nThey gave answers with great sufficiency touching all difficulties concerning their own law, and had marvellous promptitude both for orationing and giving judgement."
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