Practice public speaking

The answer

ORATE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORATE answer page.

Used 14 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ORATE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ORATE, most used first.

• Give a speech - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
• Speechify - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a speech - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
• Declaim - used 108 times, most recently in 2025
• Give an address - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Hold forth - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Deliver a speech - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Pontificate - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Emulate Cicero - used 51 times, most recently in 2015
• Speak pompously - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Emulate Demosthenes - used 39 times, most recently in 2021
• Harangue. - used 37 times, most recently in 2002
• Use a soapbox - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
• Make speeches - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Wax eloquent - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
• Mount the soapbox - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Sound off - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Speak formally - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Deliver an address - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Provide an address - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Preach - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Speak - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Speak at length - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Take to the soapbox - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Address the crowd - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Emulate Lincoln - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Take the stump - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Speak publicly - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Get on a soapbox - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Give one's address - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Speak in public - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Be bombastic - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Emulate Bryan - used 14 times, most recently in 2005
• Give a keynote, say - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Speak bombastically - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Speak from a soapbox - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Hold the floor - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Stand and deliver? - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Address a crowd - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Get on the soapbox - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Speak from a podium - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Spout off - used 11 times, most recently in 2004
• Take the podium - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Address an audience - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Give a valedictory - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Speak grandly - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Supply an address - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Take the floor - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Take to the stump - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Talk pompously - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Be grandiloquent - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Deliver an impassioned speech - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Elocute - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Give a formal speech - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Speak to a crowd - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Spout - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Stand up and speak - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Address a convention - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Deliver a keynote - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Emulate Isocrates - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Give a keynote address - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Make a grand speech - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Sermonize - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Speak to the masses - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Use the soapbox - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Deliver a stemwinder - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Give a lecture - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Give addresses - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Go on the stump - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a delivery? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Make an address - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make like Cicero - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Offer an address - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Speak from the stump - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Speak grandiloquently - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Speak one's mind - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Talk formally - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Out of practice - RUSTY, used 128 times
• Practice piece - ETUDE, used 80 times
• Public persona - IMAGE, used 80 times
• Piano practice piece - ETUDE, used 78 times
• Public square - PLAZA, used 76 times
• Made public - AIRED, used 59 times

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