(to preach)
51preach — prɪËtʃ v. moralize, discuss ethical or moral standards; lecture about religion, give a sermon; lecture, deliver a speech …
52preach to the choir — try hard to convince someone of something they already believe …
53preach to the converted — try hard to convince someone of something they already believe …
54preach to the choir — to talk about something with a group of people who already agree with you. I realized that all I was doing was preaching to the choir the men who really need to hear about this don t come to these groups …
55preach up — Commend urgently, talk up, urge by exhortation, unduly extol …
56preach — I. v. a. 1. Proclaim (as in a religious discourse), declare, publish, pronounce, deliver. 2. Inculcate, teach, urge, press urgently. II. v. n. 1. Deliver sermons, discourse on religious subjects. 2. Prate sanctimoniously, exhort over righteously …
57preach — v 1. sermonize, homilize, evangelize, predicate, pulpit; spread the Word, spread the Gospel, propagate, disseminate; (usu. disparaging) preachify, Scot, and North Eng. sough. 2. proclaim, profess, make known, promulgate, hold forth, expound,… …
58preach to the converted — to try to persuade people to accept opinions and beliefs that they already have, and that they do not need to know …
59preach — [priːtʃ] verb 1) [I/T] to talk about a religious subject to a group of people, especially in a church 2) [I] showing disapproval to tell people how to behave Syn: lecture …
60preach — /pritʃ / (say preech) verb (t) 1. to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing. 2. to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.). 3. to deliver (a sermon or the like). –verb… …
