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Oration meaning

  1. A formal, often ceremonial speech.
  2. A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting.
  3. A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.

Synonyms of Oration

Using Oration

  • The main meaning on this page is: A formal, often ceremonial speech. | A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting. | A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
  • Useful related words include: oratory.
  • In the example corpus, oration often appears in combinations such as: funeral oration, an oration, oration of.

Context around Oration

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Oration

  • In this selection, "oration" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, funeral, memorial, blunt, favoring, alone and trust stand out and add context to how "oration" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a brilliant oration of withering and a funeral oration we do. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "oration" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with oration

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Further reading *Manuel II Palaeologus Funeral Oration on His Brother Theodore. (11 words)

He eschews specific answers for blunt oration, favoring bombast and aggression over discourse and detail. (15 words)

His departure stimulated the writing of Julian's oration, "Consolation Upon the Departure of Salutius". (15 words)

According to Thucydides, Pericles may have declared in a funeral oration: We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all. (42 words)

The Annual Tax Oration of CA Sri Lanka is a much awaited event in the institute’s calendar and attracts a large number of professionals, including high-level tax officials from the public sector, and members of CA Sri Lanka. (40 words)

The oration was caught on camera by audience members, some of whom clapped politely while others booed; Chris Rock also recorded the moment on Instagram Stories and could be heard whispering ‘my God’ as he kept the camera rolling. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

He eschews specific answers for blunt oration, favoring bombast and aggression over discourse and detail.

If only words could rouse the dead, this particular oration alone would undoubtedly be enough to summon Peter Pan back from beyond.

Archbishop Christopher Prowse gives the 'Vote of Thanks' at the Inaugural Tim Fischer Oration in the Great Hall, Parliament House John Anderson pulled no punches.

For his honour’s thesis, Ntusi “looked at the role of tissue transglutaminase as a downstream pathway for mediating apoptosis or programmed cell death”, which to my unscientific ear sounds like an oration of contra-indications.

The Department of Dermatology at Father Muller Medical College, in collaboration with the Prof J. N. Shetty Memorial Oration Trust and the Karavali Dermatology Society, organized the “Prof.

What separates Tate from past iterations isn’t just his charismatic oration but his offer that “you too can be like me”.

The Annual Tax Oration of CA Sri Lanka is a much awaited event in the institute’s calendar and attracts a large number of professionals, including high-level tax officials from the public sector, and members of CA Sri Lanka.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai while reading the funeral Oration at the Commonwealth Cemetery, described the late army chief as an articulate, professional soldier with a good sense of responsibility.

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The effect got more and more lopsided as the evening went on until Oprah Winfrey gave an oration while accepting her Cecil B. DeMille Award that was so stunning, I hesitate to excerpt it.

The oration was caught on camera by audience members, some of whom clapped politely while others booed; Chris Rock also recorded the moment on Instagram Stories and could be heard whispering ‘my God’ as he kept the camera rolling.

According to Blake, Disraeli "in a brilliant oration of withering invective proceeded to destroy Lowe", who apologised and never held office again.

According to Thucydides, Pericles may have declared in a funeral oration: We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

After Caesar's death, Brutus delivers an oration defending his actions, and for the moment, the crowd is on his side.

An Epistle is an artistic literary form, just like the dialogue, the oration, or the drama.

Autobiography through the ages The classical period: Apologia, oration, confession In antiquity such works were typically entitled apologia, purporting to be self-justification rather than self-documentation.

Burchardus's most recent editor, Thuasne, states that this oration exists in manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale..

Demosthenes' oration before the Theban people is not extant and, therefore, the arguments he used to convince the Thebans remain unknown.

Fleming, pp. 405–407 Two years later Nansen broadcast a memorial oration to Amundsen, who had disappeared in the Arctic while organising a rescue party for Nobile whose airship had crashed during a second polar voyage.

Further reading *Manuel II Palaeologus Funeral Oration on His Brother Theodore.

His departure stimulated the writing of Julian's oration, "Consolation Upon the Departure of Salutius".

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Common combinations with oration

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "oration" in a sentence?
An example: "He eschews specific answers for blunt oration, favoring bombast and aggression over discourse and detail." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "oration" from authentic English texts.
What does "oration" mean?
Oration means: A formal, often ceremonial speech.
What are synonyms of "oration"?
Common synonyms of "oration" include: oratory.
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