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   spate

   /speɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a large number of similar things coming in quick succession: "a spate of attacks on holidaymakers"
   • 2. a sudden flood in a river. British

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘flood, inundation’): of unknown origin.

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   What does 'spate' mean?

   • Spate means 'a fast flow, rush, or outpouring'. In the context of Physical Geography, it refers to 'a sudden flood' or 'a sudden heavy downpour'. For example, 'the rivers were in spate'.

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   What is a spate of things?

   • A spate of things, especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time. ...the current spate of scandals. 2. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Chiefly British a. b. 2.

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   What is an example of a spate spate?

   • Examples of spate spate When rain comes, the run-off is much faster, and the spates are bigger, and are followed by a lower height of water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0

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   What does it mean if a river is in a spate?

   • If a riveris in (full) spate, it has more waterin it and is flowingfasterthan it usually does: The streamwas in fullspate and we struggledto crossit. See more SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Masses and large amounts of things accumulation any number of thingsidiom armload backlog blood clot flood foam

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   1. : freshet, flood. 2. a. : a large number or amount. a spate of books on gardening. b. : a sudden or strong outburst : rush. a spate of anger. Synonyms. alluvion. bath. cataclysm. cataract. deluge. flood tide. inundation. Niagara. overflow. torrent. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of spate in a Sentence.

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   Spate definition: a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring. See examples of SPATE used in a sentence.

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   1. a fast flow, rush, or outpouring: a spate of words. 2. (Physical Geography) chiefly Brit a sudden flood: the rivers were in spate. 3. (Physical Geography) chiefly Brit a sudden heavy downpour. [C15 (Northern and Scottish): of unknown origin]

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   A spate of things, especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time.

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