What does preach mean?
Preach means (intransitive) To give a sermon..
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/pɹiːt͡ʃ/ · verb
(intransitive) To give a sermon..
Our pastor can preach very well.
One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
The Spirit of the Lord God is vpon me, therefore hathe the Lord anointed me: he hathe ſent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore,[…]
My Mʳ preaches patience to him,[…]
The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As falsely ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale;[…]
he make peace in his preaches and play with esteem
– If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! – Preach!
Use preach when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Preach means (intransitive) To give a sermon..
Common synonyms include church, advocate, prophesy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Our pastor can preach very well.
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