Definitions for oration

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oration o·ra·tion

Spelling: [aw-rey-shuh n, oh-rey-]

IPA: /ɔˈreɪ ʃən, oʊˈreɪ-/

Oration is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in oration (ainoort).

Definitions for oration

noun

1. a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
2. a public speech characterized by a studied or elevated style, diction, or delivery.

Origin of oration

1325-75; Middle English oracion Latin ōrātiōn- (stem of ōrātiō) speech, prayer, equivalent to ōrāt(us) (past participle of ōrāre to plead, derivative of ōr-, stem of ōs mouth) + -iōn-

Examples for oration

From an oration on "Columbus and the Exposition," delivered in Chicago in 1890.

Being young and oh-so-clever, I thought it would be witty to close my oration with a quote that depended on the f-word.

Four years since, he delivered the oration on the occasion of its semi-centennial.

This oration should be prized, so to speak, for its "ancient simplicity."

In ten minutes the old Indian was delivering an oration to us, squatted in resignation.

There is no measure or end of my praises, and yet 'tis fit my oration have an end.

You have heard, Menexenus, the oration of Aspasia the Milesian.

His oration was lengthy and his eulogy spoken with evident emotion.

Since Henrietta's oration, I am more than ever afraid of a Vulcan.

But why did you make your second oration so much finer than the first?