🌊spate (spète)

noun
/speɪt/
série (serie)

Signification

a large number of things occurring in quick succession
Traduction de la signification
un grand nombre de choses se produisant rapidement les unes après les autres
un grand nombre de choses se produisant rapidement les unes apres les autres

Phrases d'exemple

There has been a spate of robberies in the city.

Il y a eu une série de cambriolages dans la ville.
Il y a eu une serie de cambriolages dans la ville.

Synonymes

series, flood, wave, outbreak, rush

Antonymes

trickle, scarcity

Collocations

spate of robberies, spate of attacks, spate of complaints, spate of accidents

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