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Cate

Cate

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A girl's name used as a short form of Catherine
  • proper noun
  • /keɪt/
: Cate
  • Let's go, Cate.

So let's watch the next clip and we'll go back to Matt on Cate Blanchett's character.

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Etymology

The word Cate is a short form of the name Catherine, much like the familiar Kate. A helpful way to remember it is that Catherine is often linked to the Greek word katharos meaning 'pure', so Cate carries that old idea of being 'pure', simple, or friendly.