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tate¹

  • /tɑːteɪ/
  • /teɪt/

Rhymes with -ɑːteɪ, -eɪt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 縦 (tate).

noun

  1. attributive, uncountable Of video games, a vertical mode. This is a monitor, not a TV - but I LOVE it for gaming purposes as I can easily rotate the screen. I had to unscrew the rotation mechanism and flip it around so that Tate mode games play the right way up.

Tate²

  • /teɪt/

Sounds like Tait · Rhymes with -eɪt

Where it comes from

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.

proper noun Tates

  1. A surname transferred from the given name. While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.
  2. A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.
  3. A female given name.
  4. with the definite article The Tate, a series of art galleries.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: major, great, large, big, tat, tet, tait, tai, largest, flavor, savor, relish, palate, zest, tang, sapor

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MLA

"tate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tate

Chicago

"tate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tate.

BibTeX
@misc{tate_2026,
  title = {tate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}