preach (verb)

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• preach — ► VERB 1) deliver a religious address to an assembled group of people. 2) earnestly advocate (a principle). 3) (preach at) give moral advice to (someone) in a self righteous way. DERIVATIVES preacher noun. ORIGIN Old French prechier, from Latin… …   English terms dictionary

• preach — [ pritʃ ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to talk about a religious subject at a religious meeting, especially in church: preach a sermon: The Reverend Hugh McKeag preached the sermon. preach to: That afternoon he preached to three… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• preach — verb 1 (I, T) to give a talk in public about a religious subject, especially about the correct moral way for people to behave (+ to/on/about): Christ began preaching to large crowds. | preach sth: The pastor preached a sermon on brotherly love. 2 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• preach — verb Etymology: Middle English prechen, from Anglo French precher, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin, to proclaim, make known, from prae pre + dicare to proclaim more at diction Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to deliver a sermon 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• preach — verb a) Give a sermon. b) Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner. See Also: practice what you preach, preach to the choir, preach to the converted …   Wiktionary

• preach — verb Preach is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑pastor Preach is used with these nouns as the object: ↑doctrine, ↑faith, ↑gospel, ↑hatred, ↑intolerance, ↑message, ↑minister, ↑moderation, ↑patience, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• preach — verb 1》 deliver a religious address to an assembled group of people.     ↘publicly proclaim (a religious message). 2》 earnestly advocate (a principle): my parents always preached tolerance.     ↘(preach at) give moral advice to (someone) in a… …   English new terms dictionary

• preach — verb 1) he preached to a large congregation Syn: give/deliver a sermon, sermonize, address, speak 2) preaching the gospel Syn: proclaim, teach, spread, propagate, expound 3) they preach tole …   Thesaurus of popular words

• preach|i|fy — «PREE chuh fy», intransitive verb, fied, fy|ing. Informal. to preach or moralize too much, or in a tedious or pompous way …   Useful english dictionary

• preach to the choir — verb Speaking as if to convince a person or group of something which that person or group already believes. Jay Branegan says each side will be preaching to the choir. Democrats will make the argument thats been successful with their base . . .… …   Wiktionary

• preach — verb 1) he preached to a large congregation Syn: give a sermon, sermonize, address, speak 2) preaching the gospel Syn: proclaim, teach, spread, propagate, expound 3) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary