regrate

re·grate

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ri-greyt]
- /rɪˈgreɪt/
- /ˌriːˈgreɪt /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ri-greyt]
- /rɪˈgreɪt/

Definitions of regrate word

verb with object regrate to dress or tool (existing stonework) anew. 1
verb regrate to buy up (commodities) in advance so as to raise their price for profitable resale 0
verb regrate to resell (commodities so purchased); retail 0
verb regrate to redress the surface of (hewn stonework) 0

See all 4 definitions of regrate

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Origin of regrate

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; late Middle English regraten < Old French regrater, perhaps equivalent to re- re- + grater to scrape (see grate2)

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Parts of speech for Regrate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Regrate

regrate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

regrate usage trend in Literature

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