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slate

UK/slet/ US/sleɪt/ fairly common slang uk us
verb (3) noun (4)

verb

1.

designate or schedule

  • “He slated his talk for 9 AM”
  • “She was slated to be his successor”
2.

enter on a list or slate for an election

  • “He was slated for borough president”
3.

cover with slate

  • “slate the roof”

noun

1.
2.

thin layers of rock used for roofing

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3.

a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

4.

a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

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Origin

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. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.

Phrases

  • blank slate
  • clean slate
  • draw a sponge over the slate
  • drawing slate
  • end slate
  • lithographic slate
  • log slate
  • magic slate

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