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Plural of bate

regular plural

The plural of bate is bates.

Forms of bate

Singularbate /beɪt/
Pluralbates /beɪts/
Countablecountable

Meaning of bate

  1. verb To reduce the force of something; to abate.
  2. verb To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation.
  3. verb To cut off, remove, take away.

Full definition of bate

Questions about the plural of bate

What is the plural of bate?
The plural of bate is bates.
Is bate countable?
Bate is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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