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1. (v.t.) preach
to proclaim or make known in a sermon.
2. preach
to deliver (a sermon).
3. preach
to advocate (moral principles, conduct, etc.) as right or advisable.
4. (v.i.) preach
to deliver a sermon.
5. preach
to give earnest advice, esp. in an insistent, tedious, or moralizing way.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME prechen < OF pre(ë)chier < LL praedicāre to preach, L: to assert publicly, proclaim. See predicate)
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| Definition of 'preach' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) preach, prophesy
deliver a sermon
"The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
2. (verb) preach, advocate
speak, plead, or argue in favor of
"The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
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1. (verb) preach
to talk to people about God and a religion
a minister preaching to his congregation; to preach a sermon
2. preach
to try to convince people to behave or live in a particular way
groups that preach hatred/tolerance; I hate it when you preach.
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| Definition of 'preach' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. preach
a religious discourse
2. (verb) preach
to proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon
3. (verb) preach
to give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher
4. (verb) preach
to proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue
5. (verb) preach
to inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching
6. (verb) preach
to deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon
7. (verb) preach
to teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching
8. (verb) preach
to advise or recommend earnestly
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Sense: to give a talk (called a sermon), usually during a religious service, about religious or moral matters
The vicar preached (a sermon) on/about pride.
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 Afrikaans: preek |
 Arabic: يَعِظ، يَكْرِز |
 Bulgarian: проповядвам |
 Brazilian: pregar |
 Czech: kázat |
 German: predigen |
 Danish: prædike |
 Greek: κηρύσσω |
 Spanish: predicar |
 Estonian: jutlustama |
 Farsi: وعظ کردن |
 Finnish: saarnata |
 French: prêcher |
 Hebrew: לָשֵאת דְּרָשָה |
 Hindi: प्रवचन देना |
 Croatian: propovijedati |
 Hungarian: prédikál, igét hirdet |
 Indonesian: berkhotbah |
 Icelandic: predika |
 Italian: predicare |
 Japanese: 説教する |
 Korean: 설교하다 |
 Lithuanian: sakyti (pamokslą) |
 Latvian: sprediķot; sludināt |
 Malay: berkhutbah |
 Dutch: preken |
 Norwegian: preke, holde en preken |
 Polish: mówić kazanie |
 Persian: وعظ کردن |
 Pashto: وعظ كول |
 Portuguese: pregar |
 Romanian: aţine o predică |
 Russian: проповедовать |
 Slovak: kázať |
 Slovenian: pridigati |
 Serbian: propovedati |
 Swedish: predika |
 Thai: เทศนา |
 Turkish: vaaz vermek |
 Taiwanese: (宗教的)佈道 |
 Ukrainian: проповідувати |
 Urdu: تبليغ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: giảng đạo |
 Chinese: （宗教的）布道 |
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