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- [aw-reyt, oh-reyt, awr-eyt, ohr-eyt]
- /ɔˈreɪt, oʊˈreɪt, ˈɔr eɪt, ˈoʊr eɪt/
- /ɔː.ˈreɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [aw-reyt, oh-reyt, awr-eyt, ohr-eyt]
- /ɔˈreɪt, oʊˈreɪt, ˈɔr eɪt, ˈoʊr eɪt/
Definitions of orate word
- noun orate Make a speech, especially pompously or at length. 1
- verb orate to make or give an oration 0
- verb orate to speak pompously and lengthily 0
- intransitive verb orate to make an oration; speak in a pompous or bombastic manner 0
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Origin of orate
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; back formation from oration
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Parts of speech for Orate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
orate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for orate
verb orate
- speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- speechify — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
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