name
Meaning 1
A surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tate
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tāt
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/teɪt/
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rhymes with -eɪt
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homophone: Tait
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/tɑːteɪ/
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rhymes with -ɑːteɪ
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CMU ARPABET: T EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.
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name
Meaning 3
A female given name.
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name
Meaning 4
The Tate, a series of art galleries.
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noun
Meaning 5
Of video games, a vertical mode.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, uncountable
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 6
United States poet and critic (1899-1979)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Allen Tate, John Orley Allen Tate
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Broader terms: critic, poet
History
Etymology
From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.
Borrowed from Japanese 縦 (tate).