tate
/tɑːteɪ/
tate noun: of video games, a vertical mode.
Noun
tate (uncountable)
- Of video games, a vertical mode.
- This is a monitor, not a TV - but I LOVE it for gaming purposes as I can easily rotate the screen. I had to unscrew the rotation mechanism and flip it around so that Tate mode games play the right way up.2002 September 20, JigsawMan, “What television are you using with your console?”, in uk.games.video.dreamcast (Usenet)
- Shiki is good, haven;t played that in tate mode yet. I though^([sic]) Psyvariar was boring to begin with - but that was because I just didn;t 'get' the game. Now I love it. Haven;t played that in Tate yet either. Hence the need for a whizz bang TV!2003 August 4, Dan, “Good 4:3 TV for Gaming?”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)
Proper noun capitalized: Tate
IPA/teɪt/
Tate
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.2022 July 22, Alec Mullins, “NRG Bucke kicks off after xQc calls him an “NPC” for siding with Andrew Tate”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022
- A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.
- A female given name.
- The Tate, a series of art galleries.
tate meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
tate in Urdu
- ٹیٹ
tate in Telugu
- టేట్
tate in Malayalam
- ടേറ്റ്
tate in Kannada
- ಟ್ಟೇಟ್
More languagesFewer languages
- tate in Odia
- ଟେଟ୍, ଟାଟେ
Examples of tate in a sentence
- All vertical games should have 'tate' capability, Menus should be slick, with full-screen detailed adverts, commercials, interviews w/developer, etc.2003 December 4, EssenceK, “Midway arcade classics”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet):
- Plus, it's a snap to flip the monitor vertically to play in "tate" mode.2005 September 21, crymad, “What size TV do you use to play classic games?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet):
Forms of tate
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Origin of tate
Borrowed from Japanese 縦 (tate).
From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.
Words formed from tate
- Tate County
- Tate's Cairn
- Tate–Shafarevich group
Words that rhyme with tate
Questions about tate
- What does tate mean?
- Tate means of video games, a vertical mode.
- What is tate in Urdu?
- Tate in Urdu is ٹیٹ. See Tate meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use tate in a sentence?
- All vertical games should have 'tate' capability, Menus should be slick, with full-screen detailed adverts, commercials, interviews w/developer, etc.
- What part of speech is tate?
- Tate can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tate?
- Tate is pronounced /tɑːteɪ/.
Words near tate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tate (page history and authors); Tate (page history and authors); tate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tate (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tate (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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