preach
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
deliver a sermon
The minister is not preaching this Sunday
Types & categories
- lecture hypernym
- evangelize hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
speak, plead, or argue in favor of
The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sermon |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | homily |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preacher |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lecture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | evangelize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | advocacy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sermon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exponent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | urge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sermonize |