prate

prate

P0503300 (prāt)intr.v. prat·ed, prat·ing, prates To talk idly and at length; chatter: "Your eccentric fools who prate about method without understanding it" (Edgar Allan Poe).

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[Middle English praten, from Middle Dutch prāten.]

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prat′er n.prat′ing·ly adv.

prate

(preɪt) vb1. (intr) to talk idly and at length; chatter2. (tr) to utter in an idle or empty waynidle or trivial talk; prattle; chatter[C15: of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch prāten, Icelandic and Norwegian prata, Danish prate] ˈprater n ˈpratingly adv

prate

(preɪt)

v. prat•ed, prat•ing,
n. v.i. 1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble. v.t. 2. to utter in empty or foolish talk. n. 3. the act of prating. 4. empty or foolish talk. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle Dutch praeten. compare prattle] prat′er, n. prat′ing•ly, adv.

prate

Past participle: prated
Gerund: prating

Imperative
prate
prate

Present
I prate
you prate
he/she/it prates
we prate
you prate
they prate

Preterite
I prated
you prated
he/she/it prated
we prated
you prated
they prated

Present Continuous
I am prating
you are prating
he/she/it is prating
we are prating
you are prating
they are prating

Present Perfect
I have prated
you have prated
he/she/it has prated
we have prated
you have prated
they have prated

Past Continuous
I was prating
you were prating
he/she/it was prating
we were prating
you were prating
they were prating

Past Perfect
I had prated
you had prated
he/she/it had prated
we had prated
you had prated
they had prated

Future
I will prate
you will prate
he/she/it will prate
we will prate
you will prate
they will prate

Future Perfect
I will have prated
you will have prated
he/she/it will have prated
we will have prated
you will have prated
they will have prated

Future Continuous
I will be prating
you will be prating
he/she/it will be prating
we will be prating
you will be prating
they will be prating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been prating
you have been prating
he/she/it has been prating
we have been prating
you have been prating
they have been prating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been prating
you will have been prating
he/she/it will have been prating
we will have been prating
you will have been prating
they will have been prating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been prating
you had been prating
he/she/it had been prating
we had been prating
you had been prating
they had been prating

Conditional
I would prate
you would prate
he/she/it would prate
we would prate
you would prate
they would prate

Past Conditional
I would have prated
you would have prated
he/she/it would have prated
we would have prated
you would have prated
they would have prated

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prate - idle or foolish and irrelevant talkblether, chin music, idle talk, prattlechatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak, cackle - noisy talk
Verb	1.	prate - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlyblabber, palaver, piffle, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chattermouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"blather, blether, blither, smatter, babble - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"

prate

verb1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly:babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle.2. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prattle, rattle (on), run on.Informal: go on, spiel.Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak.Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze.noun1. Unintelligible or foolish talk:babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prattle, twaddle.2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:babble, blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prattle, small talk.Slang: gab, gas, yak.

Translations

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