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Noun preaching has 2 senses
- sermon, discourse, preaching - an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
--1 is a kind of address, speech
--1 has particulars:
- sermon, preaching - a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"
--2 is a kind of lecture, speech, talking to
Verb preach has 2 senses
- preach, prophesy - deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
--1 is one way to lecture, talk
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue preach
- preach, advocate - speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
--2 is one way to urge, urge on, press, exhort
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
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