exhortation
part of speech
noun (an exhortation, exhortations)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) An exhortation is a strong, serious request or speech that urges people to do something. tree →
2) (church) In some church services, an exhortation is a short talk encouraging the people to live well or to prepare for prayer or communion. tree →
sense in the lessons
Found in formal writing, history and religion: a general gives an exhortation to the troops before battle; a preacher gives an exhortation to the congregation. In everyday life, a coach's or parent's «exhortations» are their repeated urgings. Phrases: «an exhortation to», «despite all exhortations».
examples
- The general's exhortation filled the soldiers with courage. tree →
- Despite the teacher's exhortations, nobody tidied up. tree →
- The preacher ended with an exhortation to love one another. tree →
- Posters carried exhortations to save water. tree →
- The coach shouted exhortations from the side of the pitch. tree →
- Paul's letters are full of exhortations to be kind and patient. tree →
note
Formal. Verb: exhort (to urge strongly). Say «eg-zor-TAY-shun»; the h is silent.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «exhortation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.