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Definition of -ate

-ate

suffix

  • Affix used to show that a verb is transitive or Latinate.

    It goes along with nouns ending in -ation.

    Last edited on Dec 30 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 30 2024.

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Definitions include: According to Oxford University Press Blog:
Definitions include: an action (e.g. a habit) that can easily lead to larger problems.
Definitions include: to be flush with.
Definitions include: to ramble on endlessly, usually repetitively.
Definitions include: to inform about a crime.
Definitions include: A span of 15 years, or a half-generation, used especially to reintroduce the notion that generations used to be or are supposed to be around 20-30 years long instead of 15.
Definitions include: a summary.
Definitions include: an emphatic "hell no".
Definitions include: perineum.
Definitions include: not squared away - all rounded.

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