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slate

slate · more slate · most slate

schiefergrau

Having the bluish-grey colour of slateHaving the bluish-grey colour of slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 4).

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/sleɪt/

» Tom is slated to return in October.

Meaning

1 senses

Having the bluish-grey colour of slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 4).
schiefergrau

Examples

27 sentences

Tom is slated to return in October.
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Tom is slated to come back in October.
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Let's scrap everything and start again with a clean slate.
ruДавай всё бросим и начнём с чистого листа. — marafon
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Let's throw it away and start over with a clean slate.
ruДавайте отбросим это и начнём с чистого листа. — AntonKhorev
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I quit my job and moved so I could start off with a clean slate.
Я звільнився з роботи, і переїхав, щоб усе розпочати із чистого аркуша. — ChickenKiev
ruЯ уволился с работы и переехал, чтобы начать жизнь с чистого листа. — Ivanovb
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Translations

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By meaning 1

having the bluish-grey colour of slate — see also blue-gray, slate blue, slate gray:

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English sclate, slat, slate (“type of rock; roofing slate;

The noun is derived from Middle English sclate, slat, slate (“type of rock; roofing slate; writing slate”), from Old French esclate, a feminine form of esclat (“broken piece, shard”) (modern French éclat), from Old French esclater (“to break, shatter”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, the causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”); further etymology unknown (see the Proto-Germanic entry for a discussion). Doublet of éclat and slat.

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Forms

more slate, most slate

Comparative	more slate Lesson
Superlative	most slate Lesson

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Word family

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form