verb
- delivering a formal speech or speaking in a pompous or theatrical manner
Usage: present participle of ‘orate’
Examples
- The politician was orating to a crowd of supporters.
- He spent the evening orating about his achievements.
- She was orating dramatically from the podium.
- The professor was orating rather than simply teaching.
- Stop orating and just tell us what happened.
- The speaker was orating with grand gestures.