VERB | communication | pray | address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship |
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communication | pray, beg, implore | call upon in supplication |
Sounds | prey' | |
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Rhymes | ashtray ... x-ray / X-ray: 35 rhymes with rey... |
Meaning | address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
Example | "pray to the Lord" | |
Broader | commune | Communicate intimately with |
Spanish | orar, rezar, rogar | |
Catalan | pregar, resar | |
Nouns | prayer | the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) |
prayer | a fixed text / text used in praying | |
prayer | reverent petition to a deity | |
prayer | someone who prays to God |
Meaning | Call upon in supplication; entreat. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They pray to move | |
Synonyms | beg, implore | |
Narrower | crave | plead or ask for earnestly |
importune, insist | beg persistently and urgently | |
supplicate | ask humbly (for something) | |
Broader | plead | appeal or request earnestly |
Spanish | implorar, rezar, rogar, suplicar | |
Catalan | implorar, pregar, resar, suplicar |
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