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to slate

to slate

45 5.5
To officially schedule a person or event for a specific time
  • verb
  • /sleɪt/
: 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.

    Variant (2020)

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

    Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

  • This year is slated to be the best.

  • My movie must be slated for next summer.

    Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)

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

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • 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

to wipe the slate clean
  • Informal
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

blank slate
8 4.8

A situation that gives a fresh start with no past

slate roof
1 3.9

A roof covered with thin, flat pieces of stone

slate-gray
  • US
1 4.8

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

slate making
6.0

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

slate-black
5.6

Very dark black with a slight bluish grey tint

slate-colored junco
  • US
6.1

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

slate club
8.4

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

slate fence
8.4

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.