preaches
SayPREE-chiz/ˈpɹit͡ʃɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of preach.
Each week the minister preaches to a congregation of several hundred.
He preaches restraint while rarely showing any himself.
Note
The ending is -es rather than a bare -s because preach ends in a ch sound, the same pattern that gives teaches and reaches. The form carries every use of the verb, from the pulpit (she preaches on Sundays) to the disapproving sense of pressing advice where it is not wanted (he preaches whenever money comes up). The same spelling is also the plural of preach as an obsolete noun meaning a sermon.
preaches is a form of preach
preach, verb: To deliver a sermon to a congregation, especially during a religious service. Full entry
- Spelling
- preach → preaches: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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