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Plural of spate

regular plural

The plural of spate is spates.

Forms of spate

Singularspate /speɪt/
Pluralspates
Countablecountable

Meaning of spate

  1. noun A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
  2. noun A sudden heavy downpour of rain.
  3. noun A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.

Full definition of spate

Questions about the plural of spate

What is the plural of spate?
The plural of spate is spates.
Is spate countable?
Spate is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spate (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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