Meaning

1 senses

  1. To deliver an oration; to speak.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. His great oration was like pearls before swine.

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“to orate”) + -tiō (“action (nominalizer)

Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“to orate”) + -tiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison.

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Forms

orations, orationing, orationed, orationed
Base formoration · to oration
3rd person singularorations
Present participleorationing
Past simpleorationed
Past participleorationed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoration
he, she, itorations

Past simpleLesson

all personsorationed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave orationed
he, she, ithas orationed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oration

Synonyms

4 synonyms
hold forthoratesermonizespeechify

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
orangeA1orangutanoratorB2oratoryorb

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