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to prate
01
to talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
prate
3rd person singular
prates
Present participle
prating
Past simple
prated
Past participle
prated
Examples
Despite being focused on the meeting agenda, he continued to prate about irrelevant personal anecdotes.
Prate
01
chatter without substance
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Examples
I've had enough of his endless prate about office politics.
