"orate" meaning in English

See orate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɔːˈɹeɪt/ [UK], /ɒɹˈeɪt/ [UK], /əˈɹeɪt/ [UK], /ˈɔɹ.eɪt/ [US], /ɔˈɹeɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-orate.ogg , en-us-orate-2.ogg , en-au-orate.ogg Forms: more orate [comparative], most orate [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: Back formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”), from ōrātus (“spoken, orated”), from ōrō (“speak, pray”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ōrātiō||speech, discourse, oration}} Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} orate (comparative more orate, superlative most orate)
  1. Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.
    Sense id: en-orate-en-adj-FqLjDy~D

Verb

IPA: /ɔːˈɹeɪt/ [UK], /ɒɹˈeɪt/ [UK], /əˈɹeɪt/ [UK], /ˈɔɹ.eɪt/ [US], /ɔˈɹeɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-orate.ogg , en-us-orate-2.ogg , en-au-orate.ogg Forms: orates [present, singular, third-person], orating [participle, present], orated [participle, past], orated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: Back formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”), from ōrātus (“spoken, orated”), from ōrō (“speak, pray”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ōrātiō||speech, discourse, oration}} Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} orate (third-person singular simple present orates, present participle orating, simple past and past participle orated)
  1. To speak formally; to give a speech. Synonyms (to speak formally): speak Translations (to speak formally; to give a speech): ораторствувам (oratorstvuvam) (Bulgarian), puhua (Finnish), pitää puhe (Finnish), discourir (French), pontifier (French), délivrer un laïus (French), laïusser (French), disserter (French), pérorer (French), whaikōrero (Maori), whaikupu (Maori), whaiki (Maori), произноси́ть речь (proiznosítʹ) (Russian), disertar (Spanish), perorar (Spanish), pontificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-orate-en-verb-OCDtNeg0 Disambiguation of 'to speak formally': 90 10 Disambiguation of 'to speak formally; to give a speech': 96 4
  2. To speak passionately; to preach for or against something. Synonyms (to speak passionately): harangue, preach Translations (to speak passionately; to preach): saarnata (Finnish), paasata (Finnish), haranguer (French), vitupérer (French), admonester (French), vituperare (Italian), fare la predica (Italian), kauwhau (Maori), горячо́ убежда́ть (gorjačó) (Russian), arengar (Spanish), sermonear (Spanish), vituperar (Spanish), amonestar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-orate-en-verb-rVmVEKHk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 10 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 9 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 7 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 6 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 13 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 27 7 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 11 69 Disambiguation of 'to speak passionately': 10 90 Disambiguation of 'to speak passionately; to preach': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: oral, oration, orator, oratory, oratrix

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oratorstvuvam",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "ораторствувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "puhua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "pitää puhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "discourir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "pontifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "délivrer un laïus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "laïusser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "disserter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "pérorer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "whaikōrero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "whaikupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "whaiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proiznosítʹ",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "произноси́ть речь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "disertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "perorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak formally; to give a speech",
      "word": "pontificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "saarnata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "paasata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "haranguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "vitupérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "admonester"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "vituperare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "fare la predica"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "kauwhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorjačó",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "горячо́ убежда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "arengar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "sermonear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "vituperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak passionately; to preach",
      "word": "amonestar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orate"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/eɪt",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪt/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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      "name": "uder"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more orate",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills."
      ],
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        [
          "oracy",
          "oracy"
        ],
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          "speak",
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        ]
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɔːˈɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒɹˈeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔɹ.eɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔˈɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orate"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": rečʹ vs. proiznosítʹ",
  "path": [
    "orate"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "orate",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ubeždátʹ vs. gorjačó",
  "path": [
    "orate"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "orate",
  "trace": ""
}

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