preach

verb [I/T] (PERSUADE)

/pritʃ/

Definition

› to try to persuade other people to do or accept something: [T] Should Liddy be allowed to preach hatred? › To preach is also to try to persuade other people to have particular beliefs or behave in particular ways: [I] My mother’s always preaching at me about studying harder.

(Definition of preach verb (PERSUADE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Focus on the pronunciation of preach

Browse the Dictionary

Browse the Thesaurus

“preach” in other dictionaries

More Results for “preach”

All
Idioms

See all results »

See all idiom results »

Word of the Day

demur

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

Word of the Day ►

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.