DISSERTATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they dissertate ... he / she / it dissertates

Past simple: dissertated

Past participle: dissertated

-ing form: dissertating

Meaning:

Talk at length and formally about a topic

Example:

The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England

Synonyms:

discourse; dissertate; hold forth

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "dissertate" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s on something

Derivation:

dissertation (a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree)