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 Definitions of oration  [ɔˈreɪ ʃən, oʊˈreɪ-]  

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Definition of 'oration' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) oration
a formal public speech, esp. for a special occasion.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME oracion < L ōrātiō speech, prayer, der. of ōrāre to plead, der. of ōr-, s. of ōs mouth)

Definition of 'oration' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) oration
an instance of oratory
"he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"
Translation of 'oration' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a formal, public speech, especially in fine, beautiful language
a funeral oration.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: redevoering, orasie Arabic flag Arabic: خِطاب، خُطْبَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: слово
Brazilian flag Brazilian: oração Czech flag Czech: proslov,řeč German flag German: feierliche Rede
Danish flag Danish: tale; -tale Greek flag Greek: δημόσιος λόγος, αγόρευση Spanish flag Spanish: discurso
Estonian flag Estonian: kõne Farsi flag Farsi: نطق؛ خطابه Finnish flag Finnish: puhe
French flag French: discours solennel Hebrew flag Hebrew: נְאוּם חֲגִיגִי Hindi flag Hindi: भाषण, सम्भाषण, व्याख्यान,
Croatian flag Croatian: govor Hungarian flag Hungarian: (nyilvános) beszéd Indonesian flag Indonesian: pidato
Icelandic flag Icelandic: viðhafnarræða Italian flag Italian: orazione, (discorso solen Japanese flag Japanese: 演説
Korean flag Korean: 정식 연설 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: oracija, (pra)kalba Latvian flag Latvian: [] runa
Malay flag Malay: ucapan Dutch flag Dutch: rede Norwegian flag Norwegian: høytidelig tale
Polish flag Polish: oracja, mowa Persian flag Persian: نطق؛ خطابه Pashto flag Pashto: نطق يا وينا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: oração Romanian flag Romanian: discurs (solemn) Russian flag Russian: (торжественная) речь
Slovak flag Slovak: reč Slovenian flag Slovenian: slavnostni govor Serbian flag Serbian: beseda
Swedish flag Swedish: högtidligt tal Thai flag Thai: การพูดปราศรัยในที่สาธารณะ Turkish flag Turkish: söylev, nutuk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 演說，致辭 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: промова Urdu flag Urdu: خطبہ، تقرير
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bài diễn văn Chinese flag Chinese: 演说，致辞

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