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coronate

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɒɹənət/
  • UK: /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/
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  • US: /ˈkɔɹənɪt/
  • US: /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a crest or a crownlike appendage, a corona.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Having or wearing a crown, crowned; (as a participle) crowned, coronated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To crown (a sovereign or champion).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Examples

  • 2023, USA Today On a soggy London day in June 1953, a bright-eyed 27-year-old married mother named Elizabeth was coronated as queen of England.

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6

verb

Meaning 6

invest with regal power; enthrone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crown

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: invest, vest, enthrone

History

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin coronātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From Middle English coronat(e), borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“wearing a crown, crowned”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“crowned”), perfect passive participle of corōnō (“to crown”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from corōna (“crown”) + -ō.