"preach" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /pɹiːt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preach.wav
Rhymes: -iːtʃ Etymology: From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō. Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|prechen}} Middle English prechen, {{der|en|fro|prëechier}} Old French prëechier, {{cog|fr|prêcher}} French prêcher, {{der|en|la|praedicō}} Latin praedicō, {{doublet|en|predicate}} Doublet of predicate, {{cog|ang|predician|t=to preach}} Old English predician (“to preach”), {{cog|stq|preetje||to preach}} Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), {{cog|fy|preekje||to preach}} West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), {{cog|nl|preken||to preach}} Dutch preken (“to preach”), {{cog|nds-de|preken||to preach}} German Low German preken (“to preach”), {{cog|de|predigen|t=to preach}} German predigen (“to preach”), {{cog|da|prædike|t=to preach}} Danish prædike (“to preach”), {{cog|sv|predika|t=to preach}} Swedish predika (“to preach”), {{cog|is|prédika|t=to preach}} Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), {{cog|nn|preika|t=to preach}} Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”)
  1. (slang) Used to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking). Tags: slang Synonyms: church
    Sense id: en-preach-en-intj-en:agreement Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Coptic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 14 18 14 17 18 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Coptic translations: 10 18 20 16 23 5 7

Noun

IPA: /pɹiːt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preach.wav Forms: preaches [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtʃ Etymology: From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō. Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|prechen}} Middle English prechen, {{der|en|fro|prëechier}} Old French prëechier, {{cog|fr|prêcher}} French prêcher, {{der|en|la|praedicō}} Latin praedicō, {{doublet|en|predicate}} Doublet of predicate, {{cog|ang|predician|t=to preach}} Old English predician (“to preach”), {{cog|stq|preetje||to preach}} Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), {{cog|fy|preekje||to preach}} West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), {{cog|nl|preken||to preach}} Dutch preken (“to preach”), {{cog|nds-de|preken||to preach}} German Low German preken (“to preach”), {{cog|de|predigen|t=to preach}} German predigen (“to preach”), {{cog|da|prædike|t=to preach}} Danish prædike (“to preach”), {{cog|sv|predika|t=to preach}} Swedish predika (“to preach”), {{cog|is|prédika|t=to preach}} Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), {{cog|nn|preika|t=to preach}} Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} preach (plural preaches)
  1. (obsolete) A religious discourse. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Religion
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Verb

IPA: /pɹiːt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preach.wav Forms: preaches [present, singular, third-person], preaching [participle, present], preached [participle, past], preached [past], praught [nonstandard, participle, past], praught [nonstandard, past]
Rhymes: -iːtʃ Etymology: From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō. Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|prechen}} Middle English prechen, {{der|en|fro|prëechier}} Old French prëechier, {{cog|fr|prêcher}} French prêcher, {{der|en|la|praedicō}} Latin praedicō, {{doublet|en|predicate}} Doublet of predicate, {{cog|ang|predician|t=to preach}} Old English predician (“to preach”), {{cog|stq|preetje||to preach}} Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), {{cog|fy|preekje||to preach}} West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), {{cog|nl|preken||to preach}} Dutch preken (“to preach”), {{cog|nds-de|preken||to preach}} German Low German preken (“to preach”), {{cog|de|predigen|t=to preach}} German predigen (“to preach”), {{cog|da|prædike|t=to preach}} Danish prædike (“to preach”), {{cog|sv|predika|t=to preach}} Swedish predika (“to preach”), {{cog|is|prédika|t=to preach}} Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), {{cog|nn|preika|t=to preach}} Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=praught|past2_qual=nonstandard|past_ptc2=praught|past_ptc2_qual=nonstandard}} preach (third-person singular simple present preaches, present participle preaching, simple past and past participle preached or (nonstandard) praught)
  1. (intransitive) To give a sermon. Tags: intransitive Translations (give a sermon): κηρύσσω (kērússō) (Ancient Greek), خَطَبَ (ḵaṭaba) (Arabic), وَعَظَ (waʕaẓa) (Arabic), خطب (ḵṭab) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), քարոզել (kʻarozel) (Armenian), проповя́двам (propovjádvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), 講道 (Chinese Mandarin), 讲道 (jiǎngdào) (Chinese Mandarin), kázat [imperfective] (Czech), verkondigen (Dutch), preken (Dutch), prediken (Dutch), prediki (Esperanto), saarnata (Finnish), prêcher (French), ქადაგება (kadageba) (Georgian), ქადაგებს (kadagebs) (Georgian), predigen (German), 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (mērjan) (Gothic), κηρύσσω (kirýsso) (Greek), prédikál (Hungarian), predika (Icelandic), predikar (Ido), seanmóir a thabhairt (Irish), predicare (Italian), rakkavaa deevelesko lau (Kalo Finnish Romani), rikkavaa preediika (Kalo Finnish Romani), āchìm (Khiamniungan Naga), prjatkowaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), priedegen (Luxembourgish), проповеда (propoveda) (Macedonian), preaçh (Manx), sharmanee (Manx), kauhau (Maori), kauwhau (Maori), uhutuɓu (Ngazidja Comorian), preke (Norwegian Bokmål), preika (Norwegian Nynorsk), predician (Old English), pridchaid (Old Irish), pregar (Portuguese), predica (Romanian), пропове́довать (propovédovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), searmonaich (Scottish Gaelic), propovijédati [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), propovédati [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), kázať [imperfective] (Slovak), prídigati (Slovene), predicar (Spanish), predika (Swedish), pretchî (Walloon), pregethu (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. Tags: transitive Translations (proclaim by public discourse): κηρύσσω (kērússō) (Ancient Greek), كَرَزَ (karaza) (Arabic), ܟܪܰܙ (kraz) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), כְּרַז (kraz) (Aramaic), כְּרַז (kraz) (Aramaic), проповя́двам (propovjádvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), 宣揚 (Chinese Mandarin), 宣扬 (xuānyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲕⲏⲣⲩⲥⲥⲉ (kērusse) (Coptic), saarnata (Finnish), proclamer (French), prêcher (French), predigen (German), verkündigen (German), craobhscaoil (Irish), predicare (Italian), praedicō (Latin), κηρύσσω (kirýsso) (Modern Greek), głosić [imperfective] (Polish), kazać [imperfective] (Polish), пропове́довать (propovédovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), propovijédati [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), propovédati [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), prídigati (Slovene), predicar (Spanish), kutangaza (Swahili)
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  3. (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly. Tags: transitive Translations (advise or recommend earnestly): քարոզել (kʻarozel) (Armenian), поучавам (poučavam) (Bulgarian), 說教 (Chinese Mandarin), 说教 (shuōjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), kázat (Czech), saarnata (Finnish), predigen (German), prédikál (Hungarian), predika (Icelandic), predicare (Italian), проповеда (propoveda) (Macedonian), pregar (Portuguese), predicar (Spanish), predika (Swedish), pretchî (Walloon), pirlodjî (Walloon)
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6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 10 8 10 48 5 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 8 7 59 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 14 18 14 17 18 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 12 18 15 14 28 4 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Aramaic translations: 12 18 16 15 27 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 13 18 15 14 27 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 16 13 14 29 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Coptic translations: 10 18 20 16 23 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 17 15 15 26 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 11 11 11 40 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 16 13 13 37 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 16 13 13 32 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 10 10 10 44 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 17 15 14 26 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German 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  4. (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-preach-en-verb-ozQEuQ8d
  5. (intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: praught

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "practice what one preaches"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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          "text": "One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.",
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        "(intransitive) To give a sermon."
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          "word": "خَطَبَ"
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      "word": "practice what one preaches"
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      "word": "preaching cross"
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      "word": "preaching friar"
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      "word": "preach in the desert"
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      "word": "preach to deaf ears"
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      "word": "preach to the choir"
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      "word": "preach to the congregation"
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      "word": "preach to the converted"
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          "text": "One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "خَطَبَ"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "講道"
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "讲道"
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "preken"
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "ქადაგება"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "pregar"
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      "code": "rmf",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "rakkavaa deevelesko lau"
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    {
      "code": "rmf",
      "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "пропове́довать"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
      "word": "searmonaich"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "word": "propovijédati"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "word": "kázať"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "word": "prjatkowaś"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "predicar"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "give a sermon",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-preach.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-preach.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːtʃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preach"
}

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