moralise

«moralise» in Mova's school dictionary: to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (moralise, moralises, moralised, moralising; US spelling moralize)

meaning for a pupil

To moralise is to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a preachy way, drawing a lesson from a story. tree →

sense in the lessons

the tale-teller adds a lesson at the end, showing which act is good and which is bad

examples

• The teacher moralised about telling the truth. tree →
• The old tale moralises: be kind to all. tree →
• Don't moralise at me; I know what is right. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «moralise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.