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ate

ate
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eyt; British et]
    • /eɪt; British ɛt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eyt; British et]
    • /eɪt; British ɛt/

Definitions of ate word

  • noun ate Ate is the past tense of eat. 3
  • noun ate a goddess who makes men blind so that they will blunder into guilty acts 3
  • noun ate the goddess personifying criminal folly or reckless ambition in human beings, which brings on punishment by Nemesis 3
  • verb transitive ate eat 3
  • verb ate simple past tense of eat. 1
  • noun ate eats, Informal. food. 1
See all 28 definitions of ate

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Parts of speech for Ate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Ate

ate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% 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".

ate usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ate

noun ate

  • tabled — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.

verb ate

  • had — simple past tense and past participle of have.
  • munched — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
  • chomped — Simple past tense and past participle of chomp.
  • bolted — equipped with a bolt or bolts
  • gorged — (of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar: a lion gules gorged with a collar or.
All 32 Synonyms of ate

Antonyms for ate

verb ate

  • abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
  • misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
  • opened — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • built — Built is the past tense and past participle of build.
  • maintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.

idioms ate

  • irate — angry; enraged: an irate customer.
All 18 Antonyms of ate

Top questions with ate

  • the girl who ate everything?
  • the girls who ate everything?

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