orate
UK/ɔːˈɹeɪt//ˈɔɹ.eɪt/
orate verb: to speak formally; to give a speech.
Verb
orate (third-person singular simple present orates, present participle orating, simple past and past participle orated)
- To speak formally; to give a speech.
- To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.
Adjective
orate (comparative more orate, superlative most orate)
- Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.
orate meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Assamese
orate in Hindi
- to orate, deliver
- देना denā
orate in Malayalam
- speak, declaim, make a speech
- പ്രസംഗിക്കുക, പ്രഭാഷിക്കുക, വാഗെെ്വഭവം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുക, വാക്ചാതുര്യം കാണിക്കുക, വാചാടോപത്തോടെ സംസാരിക്കുക, സംവദിക്കുക
orate in Assamese
- to orate, deliver
- দে de
Synonyms of orate
Forms of orate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | orates |
| present participle | orating |
| past participle | orated |
| past | orated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more orate |
| superlative | most orate |
Origin of orate
Partly borrowed from Latin ōrātus, perfect passive participle of ōrō (“to speak; to pray”) and/or partly back-formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”); either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ate.
Words that rhyme with orate
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- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about orate
- What does orate mean?
- Orate means to speak formally; to give a speech.
- What is orate in Hindi?
- Orate in Hindi is देना (denā). See Orate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is orate?
- Orate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce orate?
- Orate is pronounced /ɔːˈɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of orate?
- The past tense of orate is orated.
Words near orate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: orate (page history and authors); देना (Hindi) (page history and authors); orate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); দে (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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