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prate

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/preɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/preɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(prāt)

Inflections of 'prate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
prates
v 3rd person singular
prating
v pres p
prated
v past
prated
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
prate /preɪt/USA pronunciation   v., prat•ed, prat•ing. 
  1. to talk too much;
    babble: [no object]She prated on about her family and he slowly began to doze off.[~ + that clause]He prated that she would never succeed.
prat•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
prate  (prāt),USA pronunciation v., prat•ed, prat•ing, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to talk excessively and pointlessly;
    babble:They prated on until I was ready to scream.

v.t. 
  1. to utter in empty or foolish talk:to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness.

n. 
  1. act of prating.
  2. empty or foolish talk.
  • Middle Dutch praeten. See prattle
  • late Middle English praten (verb, verbal) 1375–1425
prat′er, n. 
prat′ing•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prate /preɪt/ vb
  1. (intransitive) to talk idly and at length; chatter
  2. (transitive) to utter in an idle or empty way
 n
  1. idle or trivial talk; prattle; chatter
Etymology: 15th Century: of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch prāten, Icelandic and Norwegian prata, Danish prateˈprater n ˈpratingly adv
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