American Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition spate in American English

spate noun

[countable] noun
/speɪt/
1

a large number of things of the same type, usually bad things, that suddenly happen in a very short period of time

Example

a spate of bombings/thefts/violence

Synonyms and related words
Definition spate in American English