slate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

slate [slate slates slated slating] noun, verb BrE [sleɪt] NAmE [sleɪt]
noun
1. uncountable a type of dark grey stone that splits easily into thin flat layers
•a slate quarry
•The sea was the colour of slate.
2. countable a small thin piece of slate, used for covering roofs
•A loose slate had fallen from the roof.
3. countable (NAmE)a list of the candidates in an election
•a slate of candidates
•the Democratic slate
4. countable a small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, used in the past in schools for children to write on
see a clean sheet/slate at ↑clean _adj., wipe the slate clean at ↑wipe _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’, from esclater ‘to split’. Sense 2 of the verb arose from the practice of noting a name on a writing slate.
 
verb
1. ~ sb/sth (for sth) (BrE)to criticize sb/sth, especially in a newspaper
•to slate a book/play/writer
•The critics slated his latest production.
•She was universally slated for her much-publicized views on marriage.
2. usually passive to plan that sth will happen at a particular time in the future
•~ sth for sth The next conference is slated for July.
•The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.
•~ sth to do sth The new store is slated to open in spring.
3. usually passive (informal, especially NAmE)to suggest or choose sb for a job, position, etc
•~ sb for sth I was told that I was being slated for promotion.
•~ sb to do sth He is slated to play the lead in the new musical.
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Word Origin:
Middle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’, from esclater ‘to split’. Sense 2 of the verb arose from the practice of noting a name on a writing slate.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ticket, slating