slate

1. 1.

   designate or schedule

   “He slated his talk for 9 AM”

   “She was slated to be his successor”

   Broaderintend
2. 2.

   enter on a list or slate for an election

   “He was slated for borough president”

   Broadercross-file
3. 3.

   cover with slate

   “slate the roof”

   Broaderroof

Other forms of slate

plural

slates·

past tense

slated·

present participle

slating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slate

What does slate mean?

slate means "(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slate?

slate has 1 syllable: slate. In IPA it is /ˈsleɪt/.

What is another word for slate?

Close synonyms include slating, ticket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slate a common word?

slate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with slate?

1 word rhymes with slate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.