Definitions for spate
speɪtspate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadnoun

   (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

   "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

2. rush, spate, surge, upsurgenoun

   a sudden forceful flow

3. freshet, spatenoun

   the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. spatenoun

   A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

2. spatenoun

   A sudden rush or increase.

3. Etymology: Of Celtic origin; compare Irish speid.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spate

   A spate is a large number or amount of something, typically a sudden or outburst of something in large amounts. It can also refer to a sudden flood or rush of water, especially after heavy rain.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spatenoun

   a river flood; an overflow or inundation

2. Etymology: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. speid.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spate

   Spait, spāt, n. a sudden flood, as in a stream after heavy rain. [Prob. Ir. speid.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SPATE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Spate is ranked #75799 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Spate surname appeared 254 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Spate.
   
   75.9% or 193 total occurrences were White.
   20.8% or 53 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Flow
   • Large Indefinite Quantity

Anagrams for spate »

1. paste

2. pates

3. pâtés

4. peats

5. septa

6. stape

7. tapes

How to pronounce spate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say spate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of spate in a Sentence

1. Elvis Picardo:

   It's essentially followthrough selling from last week because OPEC's decision not to cut output has had a catastrophic impact on the energy producers, the continued spate of bad news on crude oil has spooked investors.

2. Anne Neuberger:

   The most important takeaway from the recent spate of ransomware attacks on US, Irish, German and other organizations around the world is that companies that view ransomware as a threat to their core business operations rather than a simple risk of data theft will react and recover more effectively.

3. Tatsushi Maeno:

   Wherever you look - China, oil and the U.S., there is no clear evidence of improvement in economic fundamentals. So in the near term, it is hard to expect risk asset prices to gain further after a spate of short-covering.

4. Scott Kennedy:

   The true test will come with implementation, given the recent spate of AML-related (anti-monopoly law) cases against foreign firms, the regulations about the banking sector, and the reduction of foreign firms' products on government procurement lists, there is good reason for foreign firms to be highly concerned.

5. The Ministry:

   The Education Ministry is taking the recent spate of 'poisoned track' cases on campuses in a number of locations very seriously.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spate
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spate
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=spate
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html