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slate
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sle?t/
- Hyphenation: slate
- Rhymes: -e?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English slate, slat, slatte, sclate, sclatte, from Old French esclate, from esclat (French éclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijan?, causative of *sl?tan? (“to cut up, split”). Doublet of éclat.
Noun
slate (countable and uncountable, plural slates)
- (uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
- (uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
- (countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools
- (countable) A roofing-tile made of slate.
- (countable) A record of money owed.
- Put it on my slate – I’ll pay you next week.
- (countable, chiefly US) A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
- Roy Disney led the alternative slate of directors for the stockholder vote.
- An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
- A thin plate of any material; a flake.
- A tablet computer.
- 2012, Chris Sells, ?Brandon Satrom, ?Don Box, Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript
- Hearing Steve Ballmer and others talk about the availability of Windows 8 on slates, laptops, netbooks, notebooks, and screens from 7 to 70 inches might lead us to believe that Microsoft is attempting to gain market share solely through […]
- 2012, Chris Sells, ?Brandon Satrom, ?Don Box, Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript
Synonyms
- (colour/color): slate blue, slate grey, slate gray
- (record of money owed): account, bill
Derived terms
- clean slate
- magic slate
- on the slate
- slate-coloured
- slate-coloured junco
- slate pencil
- slaty
- wipe the slate clean
- blank slate
See also
- basalt
- blackboard
- chalkboard
- whiteboard
- Appendix:Colors
Translations
Adjective
slate (not comparable)
- Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.
Hyponyms
- slate black
- slate brown
- slate blue
- slate gray/grey
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English slatten, sclatten, from the noun (see above).
Verb
slate (third-person singular simple present slates, present participle slating, simple past and past participle slated)
- (transitive) To cover with slate.
- The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.
- (transitive, chiefly Britain) To criticise harshly.
- The play was slated by the critics.
- (transitive, chiefly US) To schedule.
- (transitive, chiefly US) To anticipate or strongly expect.
- The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
- (transitive, regional) To set a dog upon (a person).
Derived terms
- slater
- slating
Translations
References
- slate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Astle, ETLAs, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla
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ticket
English
Etymology
From Middle English ticket, from Old French etiquet m, *estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikan?, *stik?n?, *staikijan? (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t?k?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?k?t/
- Rhymes: -?k?t
Noun
ticket (plural tickets)
- A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
- A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
- A citation for a traffic violation.
- A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
- (informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
- (dated) A little note or notice.
- 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England
- He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors.
- 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England
- (dated) A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
- 1633, Shackerley Marmion, A Fine Companion
- Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets / On ticket for his mistress.
- 1633, Shackerley Marmion, A Fine Companion
- A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
- (dated) A visiting card.
- 1878, Mrs. James Mason, All about Edith (page 124)
- I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited.
- 1899, The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading
- "Mr. Gibbs come in just now," said Mrs. Blewett, "and left his ticket over the chimley. There 'tis. I haven't touched it."
- 1878, Mrs. James Mason, All about Edith (page 124)
- (law enforcement slang) A warrant.
- 1999, Doug Most, Always in Our Hearts (page 148)
- […] I need a ticket, Bobby.” Agnor knew a ticket meant a search warrant.
- 1999, Doug Most, Always in Our Hearts (page 148)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: tiket
- ? Assamese: ???? (tikot)
- ? Bengali: ????? (?iki?), ????? (?iki?), ???? (?ikô?)
- ? Catalan: tiquet
- ? Dutch: ticket
- ? Indonesian: tiket
- ? French: ticket
- ? German: Ticket
- ? Hindustani:
- Hindi: ???? (?ika?)
- Urdu: ???? (?ika?)
- ? Irish: ticéad
- ? Italian: ticket
- ? Japanese: ???? (chiketto)
- ? Korean: ?? (tiket)
- ? Malay: tiket
- ? Maori: t?keti
- ? Marathi: ????? (tik??)
- ? Nepali: ???? (?ika?)
- ? Oriya: ???? (?ikô?ô)
- ? Portuguese: ticket, tiquete
- ? Scottish Gaelic: tiogaid
- ? Serbo-Croatian: ????? (tiket)
- ? Spanish: ticket, tique, tiquete
- ? Tagalog: tiket
- ? Tamil: ????????? (?ikka??u)
- ? Tibetan: ??????? (?i ka si)
Translations
See also
- ticket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ticket in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Verb
ticket (third-person singular simple present tickets, present participle ticketing, simple past and past participle ticketed)
- To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
- To mark with a ticket.
- to ticket goods in a retail store
Derived terms
- ticket off
Translations
Anagrams
- ktetic
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English ticket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?.k?t/
- Hyphenation: tic?ket
Noun
ticket n or m (plural tickets, diminutive ticketje n)
- ticket or voucher
Derived terms
- vliegticket
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: tiket
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English ticket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.k?/
Noun
ticket m (plural tickets)
- ticket (admission, pass)
- receipt
- (Quebec) ticket (traffic citation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ticket” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From English ticket. Doublet of etichetta.
Noun
ticket m (invariable)
- prescription charge
- ticket stub (especially at a horserace)
Further reading
- ticket in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English ticket.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?t??i.ket??/
Noun
ticket m (plural tickets)
- ticket (slip entitling the holder to something)
- Synonym: bilhete
Spanish
Etymology
From English ticket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tiket/, [?t?i.ket?]
Noun
ticket m (plural tickets)
- receipt
Swedish
Noun
ticket
- definite singular of tick
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