gates: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of gates
- delegates«Word Popularity Bar5/5
delegate
- noun a person appointed or elected to represent others
- verb transfer power to someone
depute.
- noun a person appointed or elected to represent others
- aggregates4/5
aggregate
- noun the whole amount
sum; total; totality.
- noun material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- noun the whole amount
- investigates3/5
investigate
- verb investigate scientifically
look into.
- Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese
- verb conduct an inquiry or investigation of
inquire; enquire.
- The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
- inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
- verb investigate scientifically
- propagates3/5
propagate
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagate these characteristics
- verb travel through the air
- sound and light propagate in this medium
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- conjugates3/5
conjugate
- noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
conjugate solution.
- verb unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
- noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
- frigates3/5
frigate
- noun a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
- noun a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
- noun a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
- surrogates3/5
surrogate
- noun someone who takes the place of another person
replacement; alternate.
- noun a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
deputy.
- noun someone who takes the place of another person
- negates3/5
negate
- verb be in contradiction with
contradict; belie.
- verb deny the truth of
contradict; contravene.
- verb be in contradiction with
- floodgates2/5
floodgate
- noun something that restrains a flood or outpouring
- suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants
- noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
head gate; sluicegate; penstock; sluice valve; water gate.
- noun something that restrains a flood or outpouring
- mitigates2/5
mitigate
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
extenuate; palliate.
- The circumstances extenuate the crime
- verb make less severe or harsh
- mitigating circumstances
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- navigates2/5
navigate
- verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
voyage; sail.
- The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
- verb act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
pilot.
- Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?
- Who was navigating the ship during the accident?
- verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
- segregates2/5
segregate
- noun someone who is or has been segregated
- verb separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
- This neighborhood is segregated
- We don't segregate in this county
- noun someone who is or has been segregated
- obligates2/5
obligate
- verb force somebody to do something
oblige; compel.
- We compel all students to fill out this form
- verb commit in order to fulfill an obligation
- obligate money
- verb force somebody to do something
- relegates2/5
relegate
- verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
submit; pass on.
- She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
- verb assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
bump; break; demote; kick downstairs.
- She was demoted because she always speaks up
- He was broken down to Sergeant
- verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
- instigates2/5
instigate
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; incite; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb serve as the inciting cause of
prompt; inspire.
- She prompted me to call my relatives
- verb provoke or stir up
- promulgates2/5
promulgate
- verb state or announce
exclaim; proclaim.
- `I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed
- The King will proclaim an amnesty
- verb put a law into effect by formal declaration
- verb state or announce
- legates2/5
legate
- noun a member of a legation
official emissary.
- noun a member of a legation
- interrogates2/5
interrogate
- verb transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- verb pose a series of questions to
question.
- The suspect was questioned by the police
- We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion
- verb transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- elongates2/5
elongate
- verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
stretch.
- stretch the fabric
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
linear.
- verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- abrogates2/5
abrogate
- verb revoke formally
- verb revoke formally
- castigates2/5
castigate
- verb censure severely
objurgate; chastise; chasten; correct.
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
- verb inflict severe punishment on
- verb censure severely
- agates2/5
agate
- noun an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- noun an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- tailgates1/5
tailgate
- noun a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
tailboard.
- verb follow at a dangerously close distance
- it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle
- noun a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
- tollgates1/5
tollgate
- noun a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid
tollbar.
- noun a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid
- subjugates1/5
subjugate
- verb put down by force or intimidation
subdue; reduce; repress; quash; keep down.
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
- verb make subservient; force to submit or subdue
subject.
- verb put down by force or intimidation
- irrigates1/5
irrigate
- verb supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
water.
- Water the fields
- verb supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
- irrigate the wound
- verb supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
- arrogates1/5
arrogate
- verb demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
claim; lay claim.
- He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter
- Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
- verb make undue claims to having
assign.
- verb demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- litigates1/5
litigate
- verb engage in legal proceedings
- verb institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
action; process; sue.
- He was warned that the district attorney would process him
- She actioned the company for discrimination
- verb engage in legal proceedings
- ligates1/5
ligate
- verb join letters in a ligature when writing
- verb bind chemically
- The enzyme ligated
- verb join letters in a ligature when writing
- profligates1/5
profligate
- noun a dissolute man in fashionable society
rake; rip; rakehell; blood; roue.
- noun a recklessly extravagant consumer
prodigal; squanderer.
- noun a dissolute man in fashionable society
- congregates1/5
congregate
- verb come together, usually for a purpose
- The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve
- verb come together, usually for a purpose
- derogates1/5
derogate
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; denigrate; belittle.
- Don't belittle his influence
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
- circumnavigates1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- disaggregates1/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- superdelegates1/5
- virgates1/5
virgate
(Bot.) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
- macroaggregates1/5
- headgates1/5
- runagates1/5
runagate
A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Bunyan.Renegade .Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey.
Who has not been a runagate from duty? Hare.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `gates`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `gates`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `gates`, some are not.
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