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to slate

45 5.5
To officially schedule a person or event for a specific time
  • verb
  • /sleɪt/
translation icon : programar
  • I am slated to be in a few interviews.
  • slated to begin
  • slated to open
  • slated candidates

There was another single team coming out and they were slated to work with Grome as well.

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Examples

  • We have you slated to help with the... Long Beach fundraiser... in October.

  • Who do we have slated for live entertainment in November?

  • This year is slated to be the best.

  • My movie must be slated for next summer.

  • Now the book is slated to be released next week, which the White House clearly did not realize, as they indicated yesterday.

  • An article describing the study is slated for publication in the journal Appetite.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The book, which is titled The Room Where It Happened, a White House memoir, was slated to come out next week.

  • Chemerinsky is now slated to become the founding dean of the Donald Bren School of Law.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Many conventional refrigerants have already been banned or are slated to be phased out.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The team is slated to play their final game of the season next week.

Synonyms

to schedule
vsto slate
789 3.0

To arrange something to happen at a certain time

adds the element of selecting who fills a role, not only timing
to appoint
vsto slate
  • Formal
580 3.2

Officially choose someone for a job or role

also assigns timing or schedules the role as part of selection
to name
vsto slate
  • Formal
456 2.8

To officially choose someone for a job or position

includes giving a time or event slot in addition to the appointment
to designate
vsto slate
  • Formal
124 5.0

To officially choose someone for a job or role

adds arranging when the appointment is also set for a certain time
to program
vsto slate
  • US
53 3.1

To plan the times and order of events

covers choosing participants or timing, while this focuses on event order
to slot
vsto slate
8 4.0

To assign a time or place for something

is broader because it can also mean choosing the person, not only time
to tab
vsto slate
  • US
7.1

To choose someone for a job or role

also plans when or for which event the person is chosen

Idioms

8 5.0

To start fresh by forgetting past mistakes and problems

Compounds

clean slate
  • Informal
21 4.1

A chance to start again without being blamed for past mistakes

8 4.8

A situation that gives a fresh start with no past

1 3.9

A roof covered with thin, flat pieces of stone

1 4.8

A dark blue-gray color like a wet stone or a storm sky

The process of producing flat stone pieces used for roofs or writing

slate pencil
  • Archaic
9.8

A thin stick of soft stone that people use to write on a slate in old classrooms

Very dark black with a slight bluish grey tint

A small North American bird with mostly grey feathers and a white belly

A group of people who regularly put money into a shared fund and get it before Christmas

A fence made from vertical flat pieces of slate wired together

How Certain

to confirm
  • Formal
265 2.6
to appoint
  • Formal
580 3.2
to slate
45 5.5
to nominate
461 3.4
to propose
3.0
to mention
1.0

Surface Forms

slate infinitive
slated past
slated past participle
slating present participle
slates third person singular

Etymology

To slate someone or something for a role or time comes from writing their name on a small slate or list, so to be slated is to be planned or chosen.