Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To extend or offer, propose.

  2. (intransitive)To talk at great length.

    I bestrode the courtroom entranceway, holding forth on my merits to the assembled press.

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    разглаго́льствоватьrazglagólʹstvovatʹ

    talk at length and formally about a topic

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I can't stand him holding forth about his life experience.

    ruТерпеть не могу, когда он разглагольствует о своём жизненном опыте. — Karok

    deIch kann es nicht ertragen, wenn er sich endlos über seine Lebenserfahrung auslässt. — freddy1

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  2. He held forth for more than an hour on the evils of nuclear power.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
talk at great length:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
talk at great length:

Forms

holds forth, holding forth, held forth, held forth
Base formhold forth · to hold forth
3rd person singularholds forth
Present participleholding forth
Past simpleheld forth
Past participleheld forth

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhold forth
he, she, itholds forth

Past simpleLesson

all personsheld forth

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave held forth
he, she, ithas held forth

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hold forth

Synonyms

4 synonyms
expatiateharangue
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hoistC2holdA2holderB2holdingholeA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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