spates
Meaning of spates
plural noun
- a large number of similar things coming in quick succession.
a spate of attacks on holidaymakers
- a sudden flood in a river.
late Middle English (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘flood, inundation’): of unknown origin.
Information about spates
- It is a name.
- The singular form of spates is: spate.
- Languages in which spates is used:
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Hyphenation of spates
spates
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- spates is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
spates synonyms
Meaning a number of events, objects, or people of a similar or related kind coming one after another:
Meaning a number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other:
Meaning a continuous spell of a particular situation or condition:
Meaning a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together:
Meaning material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length:
Meaning a sudden occurrence of something unwelcome, such as war or disease:
Meaning acting or done without careful consideration of the possible consequences; impetuous:
Meaning a sudden, widespread occurrence of an undesirable phenomenon:
Meaning a sudden outburst of something such as violent emotion, especially anger:
Meaning a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ):
Meaning a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion:
Meaning a number of things arriving or happening suddenly and during the same period:
Meaning a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people:
Meaning an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land:
Meaning a severe flood:
Meaning a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid:
Meaning something that streams out rapidly:
Anagrams of spates
Words that rhyme with spates
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