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I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!
Mercedes McCambridge

Meaning of "prate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRATE

Of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch prāten, Icelandic and Norwegian prata, Danish prate.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRATE

prate  [preɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prate is a verb and can also act as a noun.
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 verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb prate in English.

WHAT DOES PRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fluency

Fluency is the property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise.

Definition of prate in the English dictionary

The first definition of prate in the dictionary is to talk idly and at length; chatter. Other definition of prate is to utter in an idle or empty way. Prate is also idle or trivial talk; prattle; chatter.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PRATE

PRESENT

Present
I prate
you prate
he/she/it prates
we prate
you prate
they prate
Present continuous
I am prating
you are prating
he/she/it is prating
we are prating
you are prating
they are prating
Present perfect
I have prated
you have prated
he/she/it has prated
we have prated
you have prated
they have prated
Present perfect continuous
I have been prating
you have been prating
he/she/it has been prating
we have been prating
you have been prating
they have been prating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I prated
you prated
he/she/it prated
we prated
you prated
they prated
Past continuous
I was prating
you were prating
he/she/it was prating
we were prating
you were prating
they were prating
Past perfect
I had prated
you had prated
he/she/it had prated
we had prated
you had prated
they had prated
Past perfect continuous
I had been prating
you had been prating
he/she/it had been prating
we had been prating
you had been prating
they had been prating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will prate
you will prate
he/she/it will prate
we will prate
you will prate
they will prate
Future continuous
I will be prating
you will be prating
he/she/it will be prating
we will be prating
you will be prating
they will be prating
Future perfect
I will have prated
you will have prated
he/she/it will have prated
we will have prated
you will have prated
they will have prated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been prating
you will have been prating
he/she/it will have been prating
we will have been prating
you will have been prating
they will have been prating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would prate
you would prate
he/she/it would prate
we would prate
you would prate
they would prate
Conditional continuous
I would be prating
you would be prating
he/she/it would be prating
we would be prating
you would be prating
they would be prating
Conditional perfect
I would have prate
you would have prate
he/she/it would have prate
we would have prate
you would have prate
they would have prate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been prating
you would have been prating
he/she/it would have been prating
we would have been prating
you would have been prating
they would have been prating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you prate
we let´s prate
you prate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to prate
Past participle
prated
Present Participle
prating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRATE


accelerate
ækˈsɛləˌreɪt
celebrate
ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪt
collaborate
kəˈlæbəˌreɪt
concentrate
ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪt
crate
kreɪt
decorate
ˈdɛkəˌreɪt
demonstrate
ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt
freight
freɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
great
ɡreɪt
hydrate
ˈhaɪdreɪt
illustrate
ˈɪləˌstreɪt
incorporate
ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
integrate
ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt
operate
ˈɒpəˌreɪt
rate
reɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
straight
streɪt
substrate
ˈsʌbstreɪt
trait
treɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRATE

prase
praseodymium
prat
Pratchett
prater
pratfall
pratfallen
pratie
pratincole
pratingly
pratique
Prato
Prato in Toscana
pratt
prattle
prattlebox
prattlement
prattler
prattlingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRATE

accurate
at any rate
base rate
carbohydrate
cooperate
corporate
deliberate
desperate
directorate
doctorate
elaborate
emirate
exchange rate
inaccurate
interest rate
karate
moderate
pirate
tax rate
tolerate

Synonyms and antonyms of prate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of prate
babble · blather · blether · boast · brag · chatter · drivel · gab · gas · go on · jaw · waffle · yak

Translation of «prate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

叨叨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prate
570 millions of speakers

English

prate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़बड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болтающих
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জল্পনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

PRATE
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nói báp láp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிதற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boş laf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Prate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

балакунів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flecăreală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wauwelen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

PRATE
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRATE»

The term «prate» is regularly used and occupies the 56.104 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prate» 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 prate

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «PRATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prate.
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Mercedes McCambridge
I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRATE»

Discover the use of prate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of ...
BOHEMIA— continued. Politics. See also Austria, Politics. Cizek (A.) and Hajn (A. ) Prooes s tak zvanou "Omladinon." pp.441, v Prate, 1900. 8°. 5551. aa. 5. Jozifek (O.) Ceske' strany politickc'. pp. 45. e Prate, 1901. 8*. 8074. aaaa. 34. Masarye ...
‎1906
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A Climate Modelling Primer
... versions along with grid size, units and summary details of the data values (this example has been edited for illustrative purposes) %% ncdump ( ' prate. sfc. gauss. 1979 .nc ' ) %% Generated 10-Nov-2003 14:30:58 %% Global attributes: nc.
Kendal McGuffie, Ann Henderson-Sellers, 2013
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Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British ...
BOHEMIA— continual. Politics. Bee also Austria, Politics. Cizek (A.) and Ha.in (A. ) Proces s tak zvanou " Omladinon." pp.441, v Praze, 1900. 8*. 5551. aa. 5. Jozifek (O.) Ceskc strany politicke. pp. 45. v Prate, 1901. 8°. 8074. aaaa. 34. Masaryk ...
‎1906
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Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British ...
Mabaryk (T. G.) NaSe politicka situacc. pp 24. t> Prate, 1901. 16*. 8074. aaaa. 32 . Slavi'e (F. A.) Pruskc usilovam o zemo eeske. pp. 104. v Prate, 1901. 8°. 8074. dd. 11. Gekge (P.) Jednojazycnost nebo dvojjazycnost ? pp. 14. v Prate, 1902.
British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books, 1906
5
Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach
RAW to estimate the effect of a plan's match rate (mrate) on the participation rate ( prate) in its 401(k) pension plan. The match rate is the amount the firm contributes to a worker's fund for each dollar the worker contributes (up to some limit); thus ...
Jeffrey Wooldridge, 2012
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English
28 There was a big night parade, the ever popular shooting off of powder guns. prate v Cp EDO ~ 1 (1) ~ -apace esp s w cties. Comb prate-box: chatterbox. [1900 OLIVER* BURKE] 61 "Interfering Prate Box": Prate box gave a sigh and praty ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
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Identification and Characterization of Tetrahymena Basal ...
somi somi , ribo , ribo Ilular Ilular ace ace < rote isis isis jsis CL .c sz sz b >1 >1 a o o a yle oac prate prate prate UjLUB thesis thesis thesis thesis jiosyn jiosyn jiosyn jiosyn prate prate prate prate thesis thesis thesis jiosyn jiosyn jiosyn prate  ...
Chandra Leigh Kilburn, 2008
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
An' hones' weight ! " said Narcisse, planting his empty cup in his saucer, with the energy of his asseveration ; " an', Mr. Bison, thass a ve'y seldom thing." " Yayss," assented Reisen, " ovver tat prate iss mighdy dtry, undt shtickin' in teh dtroat.
‎1884
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The Century
An' hones' weight ! " said Narcisse, planting his empty cup in his saucer, with the energy of his asseveration ; " an', Mr. Bison, thass a ve'y seldom thing." " Yayss," assented Reisen, " ovver tat prate iss mighdy dtry, undt shtickin' in teh dtroat.
‎1884
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The Pleasure Was Mine
Margaret A. Noel, M.D., director of Memory Care "Irene's early changes are described with poignant accuracy, but it is Prate's resilience, steadfast confidence in what he learns through experience and delightful capacity to surprise himself that ...
Tommy Hays, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prate is used in the context of the following news items.
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University of Delaware announces dean's list
... Md.; Courtney Prate of Ijamsville, Md.; Stephanie Prigal of Frederick; Bennett Procter of Frederick; Maria Roche of Frederick; Gabriella Sottile ... «Herald-Mail Media, Jul 15»
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Prepoznajte toplotni udar
Proces naglog rasta temperature dešava se u vrlo kratkom vremenskom periodu, za svega deset do 15 minuta, a prate ga brojni simptomi, koje ... «Alo!, Jul 15»
3
Ikke gi opp!
'Ved hjelp av en gåmaskin på Sunnaas sykehus lærte jeg å gå igjen, og ved hjelp fra fem logopeder, så greide jeg til slutt å prate igjen,' skriver ... «NRK, Jul 15»
4
Henryk Siwiak murder: Last man killed on 9/11
“He spoke very little English, so if it was an attempted robbery maybe he didn't understand what was going on,” Detective Michael Prate told ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
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Gold ornaments and cash from two women looted within half an hour
In the second incident occurred within the jurisdiction of Rena Prate Nagar Police Station. The victim Nailing Deepak Paxar aged 57 years and ... «Nagpur Today, Jul 15»
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[Editorial] Sanctioning of entertainment programs shows that this …
How absurd it is to prate about the infringement of the rights of “specific individuals” when no individuals were actually specified in the program! «The Hankyoreh, Jul 15»
7
Czech Republic 'Pirate Party' forced by Prague to apologise to Lego …
Just in case you were wondering, yes – the Czech Prate Party is a member of the larger European Pirate party. MORE: Cambridge University is ... «Metro, Jun 15»
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Avicii raser mot britisk avis: - Kommer aldri til å prate med dere igjen
(Dagbladet): Lørdag kveld opptrådte blant andre den svenske DJ-stjerna Tim Berling (25), bedre kjent som Avicii, under en konsert på ... «kjendis.no, Jun 15»
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Appeals court rules ex-Milwaukee police sergeant was properly …
Most people planning murder do not prate about it to the police," Posner wrote. "The judge also thought that Mucha had never made 'threats. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 15»
10
The Rise and Fall of Fantasy
A friendly mistress of prate. Still, some sounds were approximate to the truth that she is indeed a Conservative. Perhaps she too had been tired ... «CounterPunch, May 15»

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