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preach

[preech]

verb (used with object)

  1. to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).

  2. to deliver (a sermon).

  3. to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.



verb (used without object)

  1. to deliver a sermon.

  2. to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  3. to give earnest advice in an obtrusive or tedious way.

preach

/ ±è°ù¾±Ë³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. to make known (religious truth) or give religious or moral instruction or exhortation in (sermons)

  2. to advocate (a virtue, action, etc), esp in a moralizing way

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • outpreach verb (used with object)
  • unpreached adjective
  • ˈ±è°ù±ð²¹³¦³ó²¹²ú±ô±ð adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of preach1

1175–1225; Middle English prechen < Old French pre ( ë ) chier < Late Latin ±è°ù²¹±ð»å¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to preach ( Latin: to assert publicly, proclaim). See predicate
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of preach1

C13: from Old French prechier, from Church Latin ±è°ù²¹±ð»å¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð, from Latin: to proclaim in public; see predicate
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. preach to the choir. preach to the choir.

In addition to the idiom beginning with preach, also see practice what you preach.
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Example Sentences

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Boelter once preached as a pastor at a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Facebook photos.

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“Our coaches have preached all season ‘next man up’ and go base to base.

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They stand before news cameras, embracing armageddon, preaching about how the Entity will deliver humanity to redemption.

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She also continued to hold classes at Elysian Heights Elementary Arts Magnet, Nefesh and the Center for Pacific Asian Family, preaching the gospel of child-centric, empathetic parenting up until the moment of her death.

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Pope John Paul II, who had ascended to the papacy in 1978, toured the world like a beatific rock star, preaching the gospel of this new sobriety in football stadiums across the country.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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