preach

//pɹiːt͡ʃ//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Interjection

A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.

Note for preach

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Forms

present (v1): preach
past (v2): preached
past participle (v3): preached
present participle: preaching
3rd person singular: preaches

Definitions

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To give a sermon.
- Our pastor can preach very well.
2.To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
3.To advise or recommend earnestly.
4.To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.

Interjection
A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.

1.Used to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking).(slang)

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4584

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate.

The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).

Data sources:

Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

IntjInterjection×A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.

Overall

By learning goal

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Interjection
A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.