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sermonize collapse: speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes"

prophesy collapse: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

literary collapse: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"; knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"; of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"

diagnose collapse: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis; subject to a medical analysis

read collapse: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"; to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"; interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"; obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"; have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

hold forth collapse: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"

preach collapse: speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"; deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"

predict collapse: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

describe collapse: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

prefigure collapse: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

learn collapse: gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"; be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

interpret collapse: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"; give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

erudite collapse: having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

moralize collapse: improve the morals of; interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story"

understand collapse: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"; believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"; make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

speculate collapse: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"; invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

detect collapse: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

harangue collapse: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

lecture collapse: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class); a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"; a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"; deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

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