āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to slate
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āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to schedule something for a specific time or purpose
Transitive: to slate an event or action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She slated her vacation for the end of the year.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cover something with a type of fine-grained rock
Transitive: to slate a surface
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To create a traditional look, the craftsman decided to slate the kitchen floor with slate tiles.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻ¸ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĸā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to nominate or propose someone as a candidate for a specific position or office in an election
Transitive: to slate sb as a candidate
Ditransitive: to slate sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The organization slated Mark as their nominee for governor in the state election.
āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ° āĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to criticize someone or something harshly in the public, especially in a newspaper
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to slate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The book reviewer slated the author's latest novel, describing it as derivative and poorly written.
āĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to appoint someone for a particular job, position, etc.
Transitive: to slate sb for a role or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The committee slated Peter for the role of project manager.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ, āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ
a smooth, flat, fine-grained rock or a similar material used for writing on with chalk
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The teacher wrote the day 's lesson on the classroom slate.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ-āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž
a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°
a kind of dark gray rock that can be easily divided into thin flat pieces
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
