slate
verb/sleɪt/
/sleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they slate | /sleɪt/ /sleɪt/ |
| he / she / it slates | /sleɪts/ /sleɪts/ |
| past simple slated | /ˈsleɪtɪd/ /ˈsleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle slated | /ˈsleɪtɪd/ /ˈsleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form slating | /ˈsleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsleɪtɪŋ/ |
- slate somebody/something (for something) (British English) to criticize somebody/something, especially in a newspaper
- to slate a book/play/writer
- The critics slated his latest production.
- She was universally slated for her much-publicized views on marriage.
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- [usually passive] to plan that something will happen at a particular time in the future
- be slated for something The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.
- The next conference is slated for July.
- be slated to do something The new store is slated to open in spring.
- [usually passive] (especially North American English, informal) to suggest or choose somebody for a job, position, etc.
- be slated for something I was told that I was being slated for promotion.
- be slated to do something He is slated to play the lead in the new musical.
Word OriginMiddle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’, from esclater ‘to split’. Sense (2) of the verb arose from the practice of noting a name on a writing slate.
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