preach

CEFRC1

/pɹiːt͡ʃ/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To give a religious talk or strongly promote an idea.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To advise or recommend earnestly.

Examples

  • The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.

  • You don't practice what you preach.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /pɹit͡ʃ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.

  2. To give a sermon.

  3. To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.

More examples

In context

  • – If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! – Preach!

  • Practice what you preach.

  • Our pastor can preach very well.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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”).