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Definition of karate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

karate

noun
 
/kəˈrɑːti/
 
/kəˈrɑːti/
 [uncountable] (from Japanese)
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  1. a Japanese system of fighting in which you use your hands and feet as weapons
    • a karate chop (= a blow with the side of the hand)
    • She has a brown belt in karate.
    • a 34-year-old karate black belt
    Topics Sports: other sportsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full-contact
    • Shotokan
    verb + karate
    • do
    • practise/​practice
    • study
    • …
    karate + noun
    • suit
    • chop
    • kick
    • …
    phrases
    • a black, etc. belt in karate
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    Word OriginJapanese, from kara ‘empty’ + te ‘hand’.
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