Definition of orate in English:

orate

verb ɒˈreɪtˈɔːreɪt

[no object]

Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
Hamlet thinks, speaks, orates, and acts
with direct speech ‘Lend me your ears,’ Fred orated
Example sentencesExamples
- He orates to overcapacity crowds on his favourite themes: ideology, psychoanalysis, religion and love.
- Ken Livingstone eventually emerged to orate about the day's Olympic bid.
- Ali squeezed between the tables to capture our full attention, and began to orate: ‘Today, my dears, we have some specials.’
- Our President isn't just going to just stand on a box and orate all the time.
- Sticking to his set speech he orated on governance and standards.
- When the headmaster attempted to take the money, the speaker moved it just beyond grasp while he orated on and on and on.
- The girl or woman he was addressing seemed to be expected to sit in silence, marvelling at the brilliance of the person orating at her.
- I recall, in my time here as a whip, which was some time ago, listening to him lamenting how members in the House had lost the ability to orate with skill.
- Still, with the thundering voice I'll bet he could certainly orate from the top of that tower.
- Most statues of King have him marching or holding his hand up and orating.
- Whereas Olivier orates in his first scenes, Branagh converses.
- I remember him orating to a crowd of 200 or so steel workers, and someone shouted, ‘Winterbottom, you're a nutcase’.
- And if the television shows she had selected began to lose her attention, she'd orate.
- At the podium he stood erect as if he were Adolf orating to a crowd of Hitler Youths.
- He lectured pairs of tourists, gestured and orated grandly, tried to recruit them to his cause, and promptly forgot that he ever saw them.
- The pimply-faced pubescent gazed in wonderment as his elder sibling orated perceptively on the great mysteries of teenage life.
- Republican State Chairman Tina Benkiser will orate, flanked by representatives of organizations such as the Southern Baptists and the Texas Conference of Churches.
- Candidates may not move about the stage as they orate, nor may they question each other.
- And Adams, who the world likes, is there, orating, in the middle of what the world certainly does not like.
- While Banquo is orating, just overhead a servant on his knees is scrubbing a bridge.
Synonyms
declaim, make a speech, hold forth, speak, discourse, pontificate, preach, sermonize, sound off, spout off
informal spiel, speechify, mouth off
rare perorate

Origin

Early 17th century: back-formation from oration.

Rhymes

abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

Definition of orate in US English:

orate

verb

[no object]

Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
Hamlet thinks, speaks, orates, and acts
with direct speech “Lend me your ears,” Fred orated
Example sentencesExamples
- Still, with the thundering voice I'll bet he could certainly orate from the top of that tower.
- Most statues of King have him marching or holding his hand up and orating.
- He lectured pairs of tourists, gestured and orated grandly, tried to recruit them to his cause, and promptly forgot that he ever saw them.
- Candidates may not move about the stage as they orate, nor may they question each other.
- Republican State Chairman Tina Benkiser will orate, flanked by representatives of organizations such as the Southern Baptists and the Texas Conference of Churches.
- I remember him orating to a crowd of 200 or so steel workers, and someone shouted, ‘Winterbottom, you're a nutcase’.
- The girl or woman he was addressing seemed to be expected to sit in silence, marvelling at the brilliance of the person orating at her.
- At the podium he stood erect as if he were Adolf orating to a crowd of Hitler Youths.
- I recall, in my time here as a whip, which was some time ago, listening to him lamenting how members in the House had lost the ability to orate with skill.
- Ken Livingstone eventually emerged to orate about the day's Olympic bid.
- While Banquo is orating, just overhead a servant on his knees is scrubbing a bridge.
- When the headmaster attempted to take the money, the speaker moved it just beyond grasp while he orated on and on and on.
- The pimply-faced pubescent gazed in wonderment as his elder sibling orated perceptively on the great mysteries of teenage life.
- Whereas Olivier orates in his first scenes, Branagh converses.
- Sticking to his set speech he orated on governance and standards.
- And Adams, who the world likes, is there, orating, in the middle of what the world certainly does not like.
- Our President isn't just going to just stand on a box and orate all the time.
- And if the television shows she had selected began to lose her attention, she'd orate.
- Ali squeezed between the tables to capture our full attention, and began to orate: ‘Today, my dears, we have some specials.’
- He orates to overcapacity crowds on his favourite themes: ideology, psychoanalysis, religion and love.
Synonyms
declaim, make a speech, hold forth, speak, discourse, pontificate, preach, sermonize, sound off, spout off

Origin

Early 17th century: back-formation from oration.

单词	orate
释义	Definition of orate in English: orate verb ɒˈreɪtˈɔːreɪt [no object] Make a speech, especially pompously or at length. Hamlet thinks, speaks, orates, and acts with direct speech ‘Lend me your ears,’ Fred orated Example sentencesExamples He orates to overcapacity crowds on his favourite themes: ideology, psychoanalysis, religion and love. Ken Livingstone eventually emerged to orate about the day's Olympic bid. Ali squeezed between the tables to capture our full attention, and began to orate: ‘Today, my dears, we have some specials.’ Our President isn't just going to just stand on a box and orate all the time. Sticking to his set speech he orated on governance and standards. When the headmaster attempted to take the money, the speaker moved it just beyond grasp while he orated on and on and on. The girl or woman he was addressing seemed to be expected to sit in silence, marvelling at the brilliance of the person orating at her. I recall, in my time here as a whip, which was some time ago, listening to him lamenting how members in the House had lost the ability to orate with skill. Still, with the thundering voice I'll bet he could certainly orate from the top of that tower. Most statues of King have him marching or holding his hand up and orating. Whereas Olivier orates in his first scenes, Branagh converses. I remember him orating to a crowd of 200 or so steel workers, and someone shouted, ‘Winterbottom, you're a nutcase’. And if the television shows she had selected began to lose her attention, she'd orate. At the podium he stood erect as if he were Adolf orating to a crowd of Hitler Youths. He lectured pairs of tourists, gestured and orated grandly, tried to recruit them to his cause, and promptly forgot that he ever saw them. The pimply-faced pubescent gazed in wonderment as his elder sibling orated perceptively on the great mysteries of teenage life. Republican State Chairman Tina Benkiser will orate, flanked by representatives of organizations such as the Southern Baptists and the Texas Conference of Churches. Candidates may not move about the stage as they orate, nor may they question each other. And Adams, who the world likes, is there, orating, in the middle of what the world certainly does not like. While Banquo is orating, just overhead a servant on his knees is scrubbing a bridge. Synonyms declaim, make a speech, hold forth, speak, discourse, pontificate, preach, sermonize, sound off, spout off informal spiel, speechify, mouth off rare perorate Origin Early 17th century: back-formation from oration. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight Definition of orate in US English: orate verb [no object] Make a speech, especially pompously or at length. Hamlet thinks, speaks, orates, and acts with direct speech “Lend me your ears,” Fred orated Example sentencesExamples Still, with the thundering voice I'll bet he could certainly orate from the top of that tower. Most statues of King have him marching or holding his hand up and orating. He lectured pairs of tourists, gestured and orated grandly, tried to recruit them to his cause, and promptly forgot that he ever saw them. Candidates may not move about the stage as they orate, nor may they question each other. Republican State Chairman Tina Benkiser will orate, flanked by representatives of organizations such as the Southern Baptists and the Texas Conference of Churches. I remember him orating to a crowd of 200 or so steel workers, and someone shouted, ‘Winterbottom, you're a nutcase’. The girl or woman he was addressing seemed to be expected to sit in silence, marvelling at the brilliance of the person orating at her. At the podium he stood erect as if he were Adolf orating to a crowd of Hitler Youths. I recall, in my time here as a whip, which was some time ago, listening to him lamenting how members in the House had lost the ability to orate with skill. Ken Livingstone eventually emerged to orate about the day's Olympic bid. While Banquo is orating, just overhead a servant on his knees is scrubbing a bridge. When the headmaster attempted to take the money, the speaker moved it just beyond grasp while he orated on and on and on. The pimply-faced pubescent gazed in wonderment as his elder sibling orated perceptively on the great mysteries of teenage life. Whereas Olivier orates in his first scenes, Branagh converses. Sticking to his set speech he orated on governance and standards. And Adams, who the world likes, is there, orating, in the middle of what the world certainly does not like. Our President isn't just going to just stand on a box and orate all the time. And if the television shows she had selected began to lose her attention, she'd orate. Ali squeezed between the tables to capture our full attention, and began to orate: ‘Today, my dears, we have some specials.’ He orates to overcapacity crowds on his favourite themes: ideology, psychoanalysis, religion and love. Synonyms declaim, make a speech, hold forth, speak, discourse, pontificate, preach, sermonize, sound off, spout off Origin Early 17th century: back-formation from oration.
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