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spate

[ speyt ]

noun

  1. a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:

    a spate of angry words.

  2. British.
    1. a flood or inundation.
    2. a river flooding its banks.
    3. a sudden or heavy rainstorm.


spate

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a fast flow, rush, or outpouring

    a spate of words

  2. a sudden flood

    the rivers were in spate

  3. a sudden heavy downpour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spate1

1400–50; late Middle English (north) < ?
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spate1

C15 (Northern and Scottish): of unknown origin
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Cole’s death, if determined to be a homicide, would be the latest in a spate of violent deaths at California prisons.

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His queerness is a welcome afterthought, divergent from a spate of gay homecoming films that hinge their narratives on a character’s struggle to come out or be themselves around their family.

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Grainger arrived at UK Sport in 2017 with the British high performance system and its "no-compromise" approach, linking funding to medal potential, under intense scrutiny amid a spate of athlete welfare controversies.

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The force said it understood the spate of crimes was having a "significant impact" on residents.

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Meanwhile, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, a restaurant owner turned detective took matters into his own hands after a spate of burglaries by secretly placing a tracker in a wheel of Brie.

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