oration

oration is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.
2. intransitive verb. To deliver an oration.
3. noun. an instance of oratory

   "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in oration:

ontario

Common word forms

orations, orational, orationer

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