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Definitions: -ATE |
-ATE1. In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts. 2. As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate. 3. As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to). 4. As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated. |
Crosswords: -ATE |
| English words defined with "-ATE": -ation ♦ Pulmobranchiate. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "-ATE": Phenolate. (references) |
| "-ATE" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "-ATE" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ate, eat, eta, tae, tea. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-t" | |
-1 letter: ae, at, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-t" | |
+1 letter: abet, ante, ates, bate, beat, beta, cate, date, east, eath, eats, etas, etna, fate, feat, feta, gate, geta, haet, hate, heat, late, mate, meat, meta, neat, pate, peat, rate, sate, seat, seta, tace, tael, take, tale, tame, tape, tare, tate, teak, teal, team, tear, teas, teat, tela, tepa, thae, toea, twae, zeta. | |
+2 letters: abate, abets, aceta, acted, acute, adept, after, agate, agent, aglet, alate, alert, alter, ament, anent, antae, anted, antes, antre, apter, arete, armet, artel, asset, aster, atone, avert, axite, azote, baste, bated, bates, bathe, beast, beats, beaut, begat, betas, betta, blate, bleat, cadet, caret, carte, caste, cater, cates, cesta, cheat, cleat, crate, dated, dater, dates, dealt, death, defat, delta, derat, earth, easts, eaten, eater, eclat, elate, enact, enate, entia, epact, etape, etnas, etyma, exact, exalt, expat, extra, facet, fated, fates, feast, feats, fetal, fetas, gated, gates, getas, grate, great, haets, haste, hated, hater, hates, haute, heart, heath, heats, irate, lated, laten, later, latex, lathe, latke, latte, leant, leapt, least, lepta, lutea, mated, mater, mates, matey, matte, meant, meats, meaty, menta, metal, nates, neath, neats, oaten, oater, orate, ovate, palet, paste, pated, paten, pater, pates, peart, peats, peaty, petal, pieta, plate, pleat, prate, quate, ramet, rated, ratel, rater, rates, rathe, react, reata, recta, retag, retax, retia, sated, satem, sates, saute, seats, septa, setae, setal, skate, slate, spate, stade, stage, stake, stale, stane, stare, state, stave, stead, steak, steal, steam, stela, stoae, sweat, taber, tabes, table, taces, tacet, tache, taels, tajes, taken, taker, takes, taler, tales, tamed, tamer, tames, taped, taper, tapes, tared, tares, targe, tarre, tasse, taste, tater, tates, taupe, tawed, tawer, tawie, tawse, taxed, taxer, taxes, tazze, teach, teaks, teals, teams, tears, teary, tease, teats, tecta, tegua, telae, telia, tenia, tepal, tepas, terai, terga, terra, tesla, testa, tetra, texas, thane, theca, theta, tinea, toeas, togae, trace, trade, trave, tread, treat, tsade, tubae, twaes, tweak, urate, valet, vesta, vitae, waste, water, wheat, yeast, yenta, zetas. | |
+3 letters: abated, abater, abates, abject, ablate, ablest, absent, accent, accept, acetal, acetic, acetin, acetum, acetyl, active, acuate, acuter, acutes, adepts, adnate, advect, advent, advert, aerate, aether, affect, afreet, afters, agates, ageist, agents, aglets, agnate, aiglet, aigret, airest, airted, alated, alates, albeit, albite, alerts, alters, althea, aments, amulet, anenst, anklet, ansate, anteed, anthem, anther, antler, antres, aortae, aplite, aptest, arbute, ardent, aretes, argent, armets, armlet, arpent, arrest, artels, artery, artier, ascent, aspect, assent, assert, assets, astern, asters, astute, atelic, atoned, atoner, atones, attend, attent, attest, attire, attune, atween, augite, auklet, auntie, aurate, auteur, autoed, averts, aviate, avocet, avoset, axites, azerty, azoted, azotes, baguet, baited, baiter, ballet, bannet, banter, barbet, barest, barite, barret, barter, baryte, basest, basket, basset, basted, baster, bastes, bateau, bathed, bather, bathes, batmen, batted, batten, batter, battle, battue, bawtie, beasts, beaten, beater, beauts, beauty, bemata, berate, bertha, betake, betray, bettas, bezant, binate, bleats, boated, boatel, boater, borate, breast, breath, butane, cablet, cachet, cadent, cadets, callet, camlet, canted, canter, cantle, caplet, capote, carate, carets, carnet, carpet, carted, cartel, carter, cartes, casket, caster, castes, castle, catena, caters, catted, cattie, cattle, caveat, centai, cental, centas, centra, cerate, cestas, cetane, chaeta, chalet, chaste, cheats, chetah, claret, cleats, coated, coatee, coater, comate, costae, coteau, cottae, crated, crater, crates, create, cuesta, curate, dafter, daleth, darted, darter, dartle, daters, dative, dauted, dautie, dawted, dawtie, dearth, deaths, deathy, debate, decant, defats, defeat, delate, deltas, demast, dental, depart, derate, derats, desalt, detach, detail, detain, dilate, doated, donate, dotage, dreamt, eaglet, earths, earthy, easter, eaters, eatery, eating, ecarte, eclats, egesta, ejecta, elated, elater, elates, eluant, eluate, elytra, enacts, enates, enatic, enrapt, entail, entera, entrap, epacts, equate, ergate, errant, errata, ersatz, estate, estral, estray, etalon, etamin, etapes, ethane, eutaxy, exacta, exacts, exalts, expats, extant, extras, facete, facets, falter, fanjet, farted, fasted, fasten, faster, father, fatted, fatten, fatter, faucet, fealty, feasts, feater, featly, festal, fetial, fiesta, fixate, foetal, folate, frater, gadget, gaiety, gaited, gaiter, gallet, gamest, gamete, gannet, garget, garnet, garote, garret, garter, gasket, gasted, gaster, gateau, gather, gayest, gayety, gelant, gelate, gelati, gelato, goatee, grated, grater, grates, greats, guttae, gyrate, haffet, hafted, hafter, halest, halite, halted, halter, hamate, hamlet, hanted, hantle, hapten, haslet, hasted, hasten, hastes, haters, hatred, hatted, hatter, health, hearth, hearts, hearty, heated, heater, heaths, heathy, hepcat, heptad, hereat, hetman, humate, hyetal, ideate, imaret, ingate, inmate, innate, intake, iodate, irater, jacket, jetsam, jugate, karate, krater, labret, lament, lamest, lanate, lancet, lappet, lasted, laster, lateen, lately, latens, latent, latest, lathed, lather, lathes, latkes, latten, latter, lattes, laxest, lealty, learnt, leasts, legate, legato, lethal, levant, ligate, loathe, lobate, locate, lunate, luteal, luxate, lyrate, lysate, lyttae, magnet, malate, mallet, malted, mammet, mantel, mantes, mantle, market, marted, marten, masted, master, maters, mateys, matres, matted, matter, mattes, mature, maumet, mayest, meatal, meated, meatus, mental, metage, metals, metate, metepa, misate, miseat, moated, muleta, mutase, mutate, native, natter, nature, neaten, neater, neatly, nectar, negate, notate, nutate, oaters, oblate, octane, octave, oleate, omenta, opiate, orated, orates, orgeat, ornate, osteal, outage, outate, outeat, packet, palate, palest, palets, pallet, palter, panted, pantie, parent, parget, parted, pasted, pastel, paster, pastes, pastie, patens, patent, paters, patine, patted, pattee, patten, patter, pattie, patzer, peanut, pedant, pedate, pelota, pentad, peseta, petals, petard, petnap, petsai, pietas, pineta, pirate, placet, planet, plated, platen, plater, plates, pleats, potage, prated, prater, prates, preact, pretax, protea, pupate, quarte, quatre, rabbet, rachet, racket, rafted, rafter, ramate, ramets, ramjet, ranted, ranter, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, rather, ratine, ratite, ratted, ratten, ratter, rattle, rawest, reacts, realty, reatas, rebait, rebate, rebato, recant, recast, rectal, redact, redate, reheat, relate, remate, rental, repast, repeat, reseat, retack, retags, retail, retain, retake, retape, retard, reteam, retear, retial, retina, retral, rotate, rugate, sachet, safest, safety, sagest, saithe, sallet, salted, salter, saltie, salute, samite, samlet, sanest, sapote, sateen, satire, sauted, sautes, savate, sayest, scathe, seated, seater, secant, sedate, sejant, senate, septal, sextan, sheath, shelta, siesta, skated, skater, skates, slated, slater, slates, slatey, snathe, solate, spates, spathe, stable, stacte, stades, staged, stager, stages, stagey, staked, stakes, staled, staler, stales, stamen, stance, staned, stanes, stapes, staple, stared, starer, stares, starve, stases, stated, stater, states, statue, staved, staves, stayed, stayer, steads, steady, steaks, steals, steams, steamy, stelae, stelai, stelar, stella, stemma, sterna, strafe, strake, streak, stream, striae, swathe, sweats, sweaty, tabbed, tabers, tabled, tables, tablet, tabued, taches, tacked, tacker, tacket, tackey, tackle, taenia, tagged, tagger, tailed, tailer, taille, takahe, takers, takeup, talced, talent, talers, talked, talker, talkie, taller, tamale, tamein, tamely, tamers, tamest, tammie, tamped, tamper, tandem, tanged, tangle, tanked, tanker, tanned, tanner, tanrec, tapers, tapeta, tapped, tapper, tappet, targes, target, tarred, tarres, tarted, tarter, tasked, tassel, tasses, tasset, tassie, tasted, taster, tastes, taters, tatted, tatter, tattie, tattle, taupes, tauted, tauten, tauter, tavern, tawers, tawney, tawpie, tawsed, tawses, taxeme, taxers, taxied, taxies, taxite, taxmen, teabox, teacup, teamed, teapot, teapoy, teared, tearer, teased, teasel, teaser, teases, teated, teazel, teazle, tectal, teguas, telega, telial, tenace, tenail, tenant, teniae, tenias, teopan, tepals, tephra, terais, teraph, terbia, tergal, terrae, terras, teslas, testae, tetany, tetrad, tetras, thaler, thanes, thawed, thawer, thecae, thecal, thenal, thenar, thetas, thrave, thread, threap, threat, tibiae, tineal, tineas, tirade, tisane, toecap, togaed, togate, tolane, towage, traced, tracer, traces, traded, trader, trades, tramel, trance, trapes, travel, traves, treads, treats, treaty, trefah, trepan, triage, tsades, tubate, tweaks, tweaky, unseat, untame, upbeat, update, uprate, uptake, uptear, urates, vacate, valets, varlet, vaster, vatted, velate, vestal, vestas, vittae, wadset, wafted, wafter, waited, waiter, wallet, wanted, wanter, warted, wasted, waster, wastes, watape, waters, watery, watter, wattle, wealth, wheats, wreath, yarest, yatter, yeasts, yeasty, yentas, zealot, zeatin, zonate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)2D 41 54 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)00101101 01000001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)- A T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)002D 0041 0054 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)15355439 |
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