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ate

verb

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95%

Tương ứng: Consumed Food

Phát âm: /eɪt/

Ý nghĩa: The simple past tense of 'eat'; the action of consuming food that happened in the past.

This is the most common use of 'ate.' It is the past tense form of the verb 'eat.' You use it when talking about food someone already consumed at an earlier time.

She ate a big breakfast this morning.

We ate pizza for dinner last night.

Daily Life Food

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Từ Tương Tự:

consumed swallowed devoured tasted gobbled

noun

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12%

Tương ứng: Goddess Of Ruin

Phát âm: /ˈeɪtiː/

Ý nghĩa: In Greek mythology, Ate is the goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and blind folly, who leads both gods and mortals into reckless actions.

Ate is a proper noun and a figure from ancient Greek religion and mythology. She represents the concept of reckless behavior and moral blindness that leads to disaster. She appears in classical Greek texts such as Homer's Iliad.

Ate caused Zeus to act without thinking clearly.

The hero was blinded by Ate and made a fatal mistake.

Mythology Classical Studies

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Greek mythology goddess ruin delusion Homer ancient Greece proper noun

Từ Tương Tự:

Nemesis Eris Hubris Moira Tyche

noun

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45%

Tương ứng: Older Sister

Phát âm: /ˈɑːtɛ/

Ý nghĩa: In Filipino culture, 'Ate' is an honorific title used to respectfully address or refer to an older sister or any older female figure.

This usage comes from the Filipino language (Tagalog) and is widely used in Filipino communities around the world. It shows respect toward an older woman, whether a blood relative or not. It is similar in function to the English word 'ma'am' but specifically implies a sisterly relationship or seniority.

Ate Maria cooked rice for the whole family.

Can you ask Ate to help us with this task?

Culture Family

Nhãn:

Filipino Tagalog honorific older sister respect family Philippines

Từ Tương Tự:

kuya manang sis ma'am elder

verb

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55%

Tương ứng: Performed Amazingly

Phát âm: /eɪt/

Ý nghĩa: Informally used in internet slang and pop culture to describe someone who performed exceptionally well or dominated a situation completely.

This is a figurative and colloquial use of 'ate,' popular in internet culture, social media, and fandoms. When someone says a performer 'ate,' they mean the person did an outstanding job and completely owned the moment. The full phrase is often 'ate and left no crumbs,' meaning nothing was wasted or imperfect.

She ate that performance and left nothing.

He absolutely ate the dance routine last night.

Internet Slang Popular Culture

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slang internet pop culture performance social media compliment informal

Từ Tương Tự:

slayed killed it crushed it nailed it dominated

verb

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50%

Tương ứng: Corroded

Phát âm: /eɪt/

Ý nghĩa: Past tense of 'eat' used figuratively to mean that something was gradually destroyed, corroded, or worn away over time.

In this meaning, 'ate' is used figuratively to describe a process of gradual destruction or erosion caused by a chemical, natural force, or other agent. It is commonly used in science, engineering, and everyday descriptions of physical damage. The subject doing the 'eating' is not a living creature but a force or substance.

The rust ate through the metal pipe slowly.

Acid ate away at the surface of the rock.

Science Engineering

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figurative corrosion erosion rust acid destruction chemistry

Từ Tương Tự:

corroded eroded worn dissolved decayed

verb

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65%

Tương ứng: Consumed Resources

Phát âm: /eɪt/

Ý nghĩa: Past tense of 'eat' used informally to mean that something consumed a large amount of money, time, or resources.

This is a common idiomatic use of 'ate' in everyday English conversation. It describes how something absorbed or used up a large quantity of an abstract resource such as money, time, or energy. It is informal but very widely understood and used in both spoken and written English.

The renovation project ate all of our savings.

That long meeting ate up most of my afternoon.

Daily Life Finance

Nhãn:

idiomatic resources money time consumed informal phrasal verb

Từ Tương Tự:

drained used up absorbed depleted burned through

verb

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42%

Tương ứng: Tormented

Phát âm: /eɪt/

Ý nghĩa: Past tense of 'eat' used to describe the feeling of being deeply troubled, consumed, or bothered emotionally by guilt, worry, or regret.

In this figurative sense, 'ate' describes how a negative emotion gradually consumes a person's peace of mind. It is typically used with the prepositions 'at' or 'away at' to form phrases like 'ate at me' or 'ate away at him.' This usage is common in literary, emotional, and psychological contexts.

The guilt ate at him for many long years.

Worry about her child ate away at the mother.

Emotions Psychology

Nhãn:

figurative emotions guilt worry torment literary psychological

Từ Tương Tự:

tormented haunted troubled gnawed at plagued

verb

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Tương ứng: Partook

Phát âm: /eɪt/

Ý nghĩa: In archaic or poetic English, 'ate' can appear as a dialectal or older form referring to the act of eating in a solemn, ritualistic, or ceremonial sense, particularly in historical religious texts.

This usage appears in older translations of religious scriptures and archaic literary texts where eating carries a ceremonial or symbolic meaning. The phrasing 'ate of' something signals a formal, spiritual, or ritualistic consumption rather than ordinary dining. It is rarely used in modern everyday English but appears in classical literature and biblical translations.

They ate of the sacred bread together solemnly.

He ate of the offering placed before the altar.

Religion Literature

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