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It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.
Natasha Trethewey

Meaning of "laureate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAUREATE

From Latin laureātus, from laurealaurel.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LAUREATE

laureate  [ˈlɔːrɪɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAUREATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laureate can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LAUREATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

laureate

Laureate

In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary awards or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize and the Gandhi Peace Award.

Definition of laureate in the English dictionary

The first definition of laureate in the dictionary is crowned with laurel leaves as a sign of honour. Other definition of laureate is made of laurel. Laureate is also a person honoured with an award for art or science.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAUREATE


appropriate
əˈprəʊprɪɪt
aureate
ˈɔːrɪɪt
baccalaureate
ˌbækəˈlɔːrɪɪt
biseriate
ˌbaɪˈsɪərɪɪt
bivariate
baɪˈvɛərɪɪt
covariate
ˈkəʊˌvɛərɪɪt
expatriate
ɛksˈpætrɪɪt
fimbriate
ˈfɪmbrɪɪt
inappropriate
ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪɪt
multivariate
ˌmʌltɪˈvɛərɪɪt
muriate
ˈmjʊərɪɪt
ocreate
ˈɒkrɪɪt
pluriseriate
ˌplʊrɪˈsɪərɪɪt
professoriate
ˌprɒfɪˈsɔːrɪɪt
seriate
ˈsɪərɪɪt
variate
ˈvɛərɪɪt
vicariate
vɪˈkɛərɪɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAUREATE

laura
lauraceous
Laurasia
laurdalite
laureateship
laureation
laurel
Laurel and Hardy
laurel wreath
laurelled
laurelling
Lauren
Laurence
Laurentian
Laurentian Mountains
Laurentian Plateau
Laurentian Shield
Laurentides
lauric acid

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAUREATE

chalybeate
cocreate
concreate
confarreate
create
delineate
ideate
increate
lineate
maleate
miscreate
nucleate
permeate
poet laureate
poets laureate
procreate
re-create
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recreate
uncreate

Synonyms and antonyms of laureate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «laureate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAUREATE

Find out the translation of laureate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of laureate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «laureate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

桂冠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

premio
570 millions of speakers

English

laureate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुरस्कार विजेता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحائز على جائزة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лауреат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

laureado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিজয়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lauréat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemenang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laureat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

受賞者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수상자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Winates
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

được giải thưởng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரிசு பெற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉरेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

defne yaprakları ile süslü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poeta laureato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

laureat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лауреат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

laureat al Premiului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δαφνοστεφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laureate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laureate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prisvinner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laureate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAUREATE»

The term «laureate» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.433 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAUREATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «laureate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «laureate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laureate

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7 QUOTES WITH «LAUREATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word laureate.
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Louise Gluck
We have a disturbing cultural appetite for novelty, and it seems to me wrong each new laureate should dislodge the ideas of his or her predecessor, especially when they're still unfolding.
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Robert Hass
As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature.
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Steven T. Katz
The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.
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John Krasinski
My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business.
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Sun Myung Moon
I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.
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Andrew Motion
Pretty much the day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been few and far between came back to me, like birds in the evening nesting in a tree.
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Natasha Trethewey
It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAUREATE»

Discover the use of laureate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laureate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew
This long-awaited biography of Fritz Haber, now abridged by the author and translated into English, illuminates the life of one of the most gifted yet controversial figures of the 20th century.
Dietrich Stoltzenberg, 2004
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The Poets Laureate Anthology
This collection features work from each of the United States' 43 poets laureate since the post was established in 1937, with introductions and historical and literary context for each and including William Carlos Williams, Elizabeth Bishop ...
Elizabeth Hun Schmidt, 2010
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The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate
Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson. The works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Front Cover.
Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, 1884
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Confessions of a Poet Laureate
A NEW YORK REVIEW E-BOOK ORIGINAL As former U.S. poet laureate Charles Simic has said, the secret to our identities lies not in grand events, but in the parentheses between events--and in these brief essays, we get a taste of this great ...
Charles Simic, 2010
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Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine ...
Chronicles the life and achievments of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who pioneered in the field of nuclear medicine, built a world-class laboratory, and broke the gender barrier in science.
Eugene Straus, 1998
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Laser: The Inventor, the Noble Laureate, and the Thirty-Year ...
Taylor's writing style makes the science of the laser understandable and fascinating in this account of one man's 30-year battle for recognition and compensation. 8-page photo insert.
Nick Taylor, 2003
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Dreams Deporture : The Last Dreams Puplished in The Nobel ...
Short stories.
Naguib Mahouz, 2007
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A Beautiful Mind
a couple of minutes alone with each Laureate. When Nash's turn came, he grimaced and frowned so much that Harold was afraid he might refuse to go into the King's chambers at the last minute, but finally he followed the aide inside.
Sylvia Nasar, 2011
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The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma's Prisoner
Now in eBook, the first full account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s role in the struggle against Burma’s military junta.
Barbara Victor, 2002
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Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire: A ...
William D'Avenant (1606—1668) was laureated in 1637 under King Charles 1.629 The modern English tradition of poets laureate, firmly established only since the time of John Dryden (1670) but continuing in unbroken line until the present ...
John Flood, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAUREATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laureate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Guns, abortion and poet laureate on lawmakers' minds
And some bills seem unlikely to go very far in the Legislature, including a bill that would create a state office of Poet Laureate and another ... «Lansing State Journal, Jul 15»
2
Gairdner laureate Sakaguchi cites urge to fight disease as …
OSAKA – Immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the 2015 recipients of Canada's most prestigious medical research awards, has attributed ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
3
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu Out Of Intensive Care …
(Photo : Youtube) Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu is finally out of the Intensive Care Unit but would still have to remain confined to the hospital as ... «Chinatopix, Jul 15»
4
Kansas Poet Laureate set to speak around state | Local/State News …
The Kansas Humanities Council has announced 12 communities that will host events featuring the current Poet Laureate of Kansas throughout ... «Hutchinson News, Jul 15»
5
Kazakh Quartet Becomes Laureate of International Contest
ASTANA – Almaty-based quartet Qazaq Quartet was named a laureate of the June 14-21 International Contest Award in Padua, Italy, liter.kz ... «Astana Times, Jul 15»
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El Jones, Halifax's poet laureate, moving to Iowa for work
Halifax's poet laureate says she is leaving the province at the end of August for a job in the U.S. because she can't find a permanent teaching ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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Nobel laureate in physics Yoichiro Nambu dies at 94 - The Japan …
The Nobel laureate tackled the fundamental question of why particles, the smallest unit of matter, have mass. He proposed a theory on ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
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Digbeth books firm backs new comic book laureate Dave Gibbons
And Britain's first comics laureate Dave Gibbons, artist and co-creator of legendary titles such as Watchmen and Kingsman The Secret Service, ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
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Who writes a poem about Ikea? Emeryville's poet laureate, that's who
J.: You were raised in Winnipeg, Canada, and Fargo, North Dakota. What was your Jewish upbringing there like? Sarah Kobrinsky: I was raised ... «Jweekly.com, Jul 15»
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US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera proud to represent California
Seaside >> It's been a wild blaze of glory since Fresno poet Juan Felipe Herrera was named the U.S. poet laureate by the Library of Congress ... «Monterey County Herald, Jul 15»

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