[
US
/ˈspeɪt/
]
[ UK /spˈeɪt/ ]
[ UK /spˈeɪt/ ]
NOUN
- a sudden forceful flow
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
a batch of letters
a slew of journalists
a lot of money
a wad of money
it must have cost plenty
a deal of trouble
he made a mint on the stock market
How To Use spate In A Sentence
- I passed plunging gorges, streams in spate, riverbanks ripped open, fields flooded, a brown soup drowning the track.
- Music has always had a tendency to glance back over its shoulder at the past, but the last few years has seen an unabashed spate of revivalism, from 60s garage rock posturing to the soi-disant Electro Clash phenomenon.
- Jacqui looked at me, her eyes shining with not relief or left over fear or any other emotion instead she burst into a spate of giggles.
- Milan: Operators reacted with frustration to a spate of new capital increase operations announced late last week.
- Spate of mergers and acquisitions brings a bonanza for investment banks
- But a spate of scientific studies has raised doubts about artificial sweeteners.
- Two years ago, he admitted the police had been caught out by a spate of petty hooliganism, but this year he said police leave had been cancelled and extra officers would be on duty until Bonfire Night and beyond.
- Still others have cautioned against the spate of monuments that they see as celebrating the cult of the personality.
- The late 19th and early 20th century saw a spate of inventions which were to transform the lives of ordinary citizens of this country in ways hitherto undreamed of.
- Even your humble correspondent succumbed to the spirit of anarchy, but the response my "crudeness" provoked gives me a few suggestions for investigators chasing leads on the recent spate of criminal harassment toward progressive elements. Archive 2005-10-16
