Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.

Examples

68 sentences

  1. I belong to the karate club.

    ruЯ член каратэ-клуба.

    deIch bin im Karateverein.

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  2. Tom advised Mary to learn karate.

    ruТом посоветовал Мэри научиться каратэ.

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  3. I advised Tom to learn karate.

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  4. I told Tom to learn karate.

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  5. I'm going to teach you some karate.

    ruЯ собираюсь дать тебе немного уроков карате.

    deIch werde dir ein wenig Karate beibringen.

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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), an orthographic borrow

Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), an orthographic borrowing from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī, “Chinese hand”).

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Forms

karates, karateing, karated, karated
Base formkarate · to karate
3rd person singularkarates
Present participlekarateing
Past simplekarated
Past participlekarated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykarate
he, she, itkarates

Past simpleLesson

all personskarated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave karated
he, she, ithas karated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill karate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kanjikaramkaraokeB2karmakartkatakana
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