Spate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|speɪt|
Brit.
|speɪt|
noun
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (syn: batch, deal, flock, heap, lot, mass, mess, mint, mountain, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, stack, wad)
- a sudden forceful flow (syn: rush, surge, upsurge)
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow (syn: freshet)
- a sudden forceful flow (syn: rush, surge, upsurge)
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow (syn: freshet)
Extra examples
A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
The Thames was in (full) spate.
Word forms
noun
singular: spate
plural: spates
singular: spate
plural: spates
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