donate
UK/də(ʊ)ˈneɪt//ˈdoʊˌneɪt/
donate verb: to make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
Verb
donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)
Proper noun capitalized: Donate
Donate (plural Donates)
- A surname from Spanish.
donate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
donate in Hindi
- to give away something of value
- दान करना dān karnā, दान देना dān denā
donate in Tamil
- கொடை அளி
donate in Marathi
- दान करणे
donate in Urdu
- عطیہ دینا, تحفہ دینا
More languagesFewer languages
- donate in Bengali
- দান করা
- donate in Malayalam
- ദാനം ചെയ്യുക, ധനസഹായം ചെയ്യുക, സംഭാവന ചെയ്യുക
- donate in Kannada
- ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಕೊಡು
- donate in Punjabi
- ਦਾਨ ਕਰੋ, ਦਾਨ ਕਰਨਾ
- donate in Gujarati
- દાન કરો, દાન કરવું, દાન કરવા
- donate in Odia
- ଦାନ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଦାନ କରିବା
- donate in Nepali
- दिनु dinu
- donate in Arabic
- تَبَرَّعَ tabarraʕa
- donate in Malay
- derma
- donate in Thai
- บริจาค bor-rí-jàark
- donate in Vietnamese
- quyên góp
Examples of donate in a sentence
- The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
- A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.
- You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction.
Forms of donate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | donates |
| present participle | donating |
| past participle | donated |
| past | donated |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Donates |
Origin of donate
Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).
Borrowed from Spanish Donate. This surname is mostly found in Spain.
Words formed from donate
Words that rhyme with donate
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about donate
- What does donate mean?
- Donate means to make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
- What is donate in Hindi?
- Donate in Hindi is दान करना (dān karnā), दान देना (dān denā). See Donate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is donate?
- Donate can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce donate?
- Donate is pronounced /də(ʊ)ˈneɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of donate?
- The past tense of donate is donated.
Words near donate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: donate (page history and authors); Donate (page history and authors); donate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); donate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); donate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); donate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दिनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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