Synonym: batch, deal, flock, freshet, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, rush, sight, slew, stack, surge, tidy sum, upsurge, wad, whole lot, whole slew. Similar words: patent, anticipate, participate, spark, space, newspaper, Hispanic, Spanish. Meaning: [speɪt] 
n. 1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent 2. a sudden forceful flow 3. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow.
n. 1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent 2. a sudden forceful flow 3. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow. 
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61 There was a heavy spate a week or two later and the river rose a good five feet higher than normal.
62 Hungary has witnessed a spate of especially nasty murders.
63 Refugees crossed the border in full spate.
64 The river is in spate.
65 The reason for this sudden spate of spurious insinuation?
66 It'starts Friday and forecasters are predicting a spate of named storms.
67 You are all waiting for the big movement but are you aware of the spate of other activities whelloch cumulatively foretells of grave expectations.
68 Some of southern China's toy makers, which turn out most of the world's playthings, are struggling this holiday season after a spate of massive safety-related recalls in the U.S.
69 There was for example Charles Brockden Brown , with his brief spate of Gothic novels.
70 This week's spate of U. S. twisters is being compared to the "super outbreak" of tornadoes on April 3 and 4, 1974, U. S. Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate told CNN.
71 But a spate of scientific studies has raised doubts about artificial sweeteners.
72 Hassam Omar, a Somali refugee living in Pretoria, was attacked during the spate of xenophobic violence that rocked South Africa in 2008.
73 There's been a spate of accidents on this stretch of road recently.
74 The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.
75 The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.
76 What are the lessons to be learned from the recent spate of virile viruses?
77 With the river in spate, the Warden was extra busy.sentencedict.com/spate.html
78 A spate of negative stories and the government may backtrack.
79 Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.
80 Rudolph ate silently, waiting for the spate of approval to die down.