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Definition of -ate suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ate

suffix
 
/ət/
 
/ət/
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  1. (in adjectives) full of or having the quality of
    • passionate
    • Italianate
  2. (in verbs)
     
    /eɪt/
     
    /eɪt/
     to give the thing or quality mentioned to
    • hyphenate
    • activate
  3. (in nouns) the status or function of
    • a doctorate
  4. (in nouns) a group with the status or function of
    • the electorate
  5.  
    /eɪt/,
     
    /ət/
     
    /eɪt/,
     
    /ət/
     (chemistry) (in nouns) a salt formed by the action of a particular acid
    • sulphate
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