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English noun: spate

1. spate (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent


SamplesA batch of letters.
A deal of trouble.
A lot of money.
He made a mint on the stock market.
See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos.
It must have cost plenty.
A slew of journalists.
A wad of money.


Synonymsbatch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad


Broader (hypernym)large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity


Narrower (hyponym)deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent

2. spate (event) a sudden forceful flow


Synonymsrush, surge, upsurge


Broader (hypernym)flow, flowing


Narrower (hyponym)debris storm, debris surge, onrush

3. spate (event) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow


Synonymsfreshet


Broader (hypernym)flow, flowing









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