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agate

ag·ate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ag-it]
    • /ˈæg ɪt/
    • /ˈæɡ.ət/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ag-it]
    • /ˈæg ɪt/

Definitions of agate word

  • variable noun agate Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery. 3
  • noun agate an impure microcrystalline form of quartz consisting of a variegated, usually banded chalcedony, used as a gemstone and in making pestles and mortars, burnishers, and polishers. Formula: SiO2 3
  • noun agate a playing marble of this quartz or resembling it 3
  • noun agate (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 51⁄2 point 3
  • adverb agate on the way 3
  • noun agate James (Evershed). 1877–1947, British theatre critic; drama critic for The Sunday Times (1923–47) and author of a nine-volume diary Ego (1935–49) 3

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Origin of agate

First appearance:

before 1150
One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English ac(c)ate, achate, agaten (compare Dutch agaat, Old Saxon agāt, Old High German agat), apparently < Old French agathe or Italian agata (initial stress) ≪ Medieval Latin achātēs < Greek achā́tēs

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Parts of speech for Agate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

agate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

agate usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for agate

noun agate

  • font — a complete assortment of type of one style and size.
  • case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
  • boldface — (of type) having this weight
  • roman — a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
  • italic — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.

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