to orate

Examples

• All

• A small crowd gathers around the activist as he orates.

  Fiction book (1994)

• One ofus would bang around on the piano... and the other would orate.

  Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

• You obviously have to either write in sales copy marketing or you have to orate in video or in person in an ad.

  Bedros Keuilian

• The Reverend Mackenzie prepared to orate.

  Academic text (1991)

• The mayor orates, finally.

  Fiction book (1996)

• In the "Canto a Bolivar," it is Huaina-Capac who orates; the voice of the Inca dominates the other figures.

  Academic text (2018)

• Jean-Luc Picard, our able captain, his voice mellifluous and hypnotic, orates from the soapbox of Reason.

  Academic text (1994)

• The professor will orate at the conference about the importance of environmental conservation.

• During the ceremony, she stood up to orate, captivating the audience with her eloquence.

• He often orates passionately about social justice issues during town hall meetings.

Synonyms

M

to make a speech

vsto orate

• Formal

35 2.8

Give a formal talk to people at a public or special event

is more showy and pompous rather than merely formal or ceremonial

S

to speechify

vsto orate

1 9.4

To give a long formal speech that sounds boring and self-important

is more showy and pompous rather than merely formal or ceremonial

Antonyms

W

to whisper

586 1.0

To speak very quietly using only breath so one person can hear

M

to mumble

103 4.9

To speak in a low, unclear voice that is hard to understand

How Formal

to address

• Formal

236 4.4

to orate

• Formal

1 8.8

to speak

∞ 1.0

to say

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology