"peroration" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɛɹɒˈɹeɪʃən/ Forms: perorations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin perōrō (“I speak at length, I conclude a speech”) (from per- (“very”) + ōrō (“I speak, I orate”) (English orate)) + -ation (“action (nominalizer)”) (from Latin -ātiō). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|perōrō|t=I speak at length, I conclude a speech}} Latin perōrō (“I speak at length, I conclude a speech”), {{m|la|per-||very}} per- (“very”), {{m|la|ōrō|t=I speak, I orate}} ōrō (“I speak, I orate”), {{cog|en|orate}} English orate, {{af|en|-ation|t1=action (nominalizer)}} -ation (“action (nominalizer)”), {{der|en|la|-ātiō}} Latin -ātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} peroration (countable and uncountable, plural perorations)
  1. The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (conclusion of a discourse): ἐπίλογος (epílogos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), резюме (rezjume) [neuter] (Bulgarian), péroraison [feminine] (French), Zusammenfassung [feminine] (German), Redeschluss [masculine] (German), perorason [feminine] (Occitan), sammanfattning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-peroration-en-noun-RuKDNOvd Disambiguation of Rhetoric: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'conclusion of a discourse': 56 44
  2. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-peroration-en-noun-hvaC4d0H Disambiguation of Rhetoric: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: oration

Inflected forms

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