From en.wiktionary.org:
[Slate]
** English
[Slate (disambiguation)]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], [enm], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [fro] ([fr]), from
[en], from [en], from [en], causative of [gem-pro]. [en].
**** Alternative forms
- [en] [obsolete]
**** Noun
[wikipedia] {{multiple images |direction = vertical |image1 = SlateUSGOV.jpg
|caption1 = ([en]) Slate |image2 = MEK_II-411.jpg |caption2 = ([en]) Slate
with writing (1894) }} [~]
1. [en] [en] A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphose d so that it cleave s easily into thin layer s.
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] The bluish - grey colour of most slate.
5. [en] [en] 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.
6. * [1=en]
7. [en] A roofing-tile made of slate.
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. [en] A record of money owed.
11. [en] A list of affiliated candidate s for an election .
12. * [en]
13. [en] A schedule .
14. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2015-10-29 | author=James Kaplan | title=Sinatra: The Chairman | publisher=Hachette UK | isbn=9780748130382
|text=The Chairman James Kaplan tended to his busy SLATE of record and film
projects, while Mia, too, actively sought movie work, somewhat to her
husband's chagrin.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2017-09-22 | author=Douglass K. Daniel | title=Anne Bancroft: A Life | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | isbn=9780813169705
|text=If it sounds like an impossibly busy SLATE, it turned out to be just
that.}}
1. [en] A collection of movie release s in a certain period, either from one studio or Hollywood as a whole.
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=1998-07-11 | title=Sell-Through Survival Guide | journal=Billboard | page=55
|text=Like many independents that have established a strong if narrow niche,
Central Park says it prospers when "A" titles are in short supply, but
Pascuzzi much prefers a crowded SLATE because of trickle-down economics.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2006-10-20 | author=Frank J. Fabozzi | author2=Henry A. Davis | author3=Moorad Choudhry | title=Introduction to Structured Finance | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | isbn=9780470045350 | page=336
|text=MVL Film Finance LLC (MVL) was created to partially finance Marvel
Studios' production of a SLATE of 10 live-action or animated films based on up
to 10 of Marvel's comic book characters[nb...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2018-10-24 | author=Darren Mooney | title=Christopher Nolan: A Critical Study of the Films | publisher=McFarland | isbn=9781476674803 | page=86
|text=This overcrowded blockbuster SLATE has led to the death of the
respectable mid-budget movie, which has arguably migrated to prestige
television along with writers, directors and actors.}}
1. An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
2. A thin plate of any material ; a flake .
3. A tablet computer .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2012 | author=Chris Sells; Brandon Satrom; Don Box | title=Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript
|passage=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 [...]}}
1. [en] A clapperboard .
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |alum slate |blank slate |chiastolite slate |Collyweston slate |clay
slate |clean slate|slate writer|slate writing |draw a sponge over the slate
|drawing slate|slate loose |horn slate |lithographic slate |log slate |magic
slate |on the slate |pass a sponge over the slate |polishing slate |slate
black |slate blue |slate-coloured junco |slate gray |slate pencil|end
slate|tail slate |slate purple |slate quarry |slate white |slaty |whet slate
|wipe the slate clean }}
***** Translations
[rock]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [Guernsey] [nrf] , [Jersey] [nrf]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] [dialectal ]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[bluish-grey colour]
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
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[sheet of slate for writing on]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Farefare: [gur]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Maori: [mi]
- Moore: [mos] , [mos]
- Norman: [Guernsey] [nrf]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Volapük: [vo] , [vo]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[tile]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norman: [Guernsey] [nrf]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
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[artificial material resembling slate]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] (widely used trademark), [de]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
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[record of money owed]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Dutch: [nl] , [Flemish] [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [put something on the slate] [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Norman: [Guernsey] [nrf]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
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[list of candidates for an election]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Persian: [fa]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
***** See also
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- Appendix:Colors
**** Adjective
[-]
1. Having the bluish - grey / gray colour of slate.
***** Hyponyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] / grey
***** Translations
[bluish-grey/gray like slate]
- Dutch: [nl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Persian: [fa]
- Swedish: [sv]
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*** Etymology 2
From [en], [enm], from the noun (see above).
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To cover with slate.
2. [en] [en] To criticise harshly .
3. [en] To schedule .
4. * [en]
5. [en] To anticipate or strongly expect .
6. [en] To set a dog upon (a person).
7. [en] To nominate, appoint, or designate.
8. [en] To record a synchronization mark using a clapperboard .
9. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2013 | author=Rick Smith; Kim Miller | title=Shoot to Sell: Make Money Producing Special Interest Videos
|passage=Why You Want to SLATE your Shots}}
1. [en] To bet heavily against (a contender in a race ). < !--Hotten's Slang Dict.-->
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |slated |slater |slating }}
***** Translations
[criticise harshly]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[schedule]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[anticipate or strongly expect]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
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*** References
- [R:OneLook]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
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