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ate

How many syllables in ate?

  1 syllable

Divide ate into syllables:   ate
Syllable stress:   ate
How to say ate:

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What rhymes with ate

1 syllable
  • ait
  • bate
  • cate
  • crate
  • eight
  • fait
  • fete
  • freight
  • gate
  • great
  • hait
  • Kate
  • mate
  • pate
  • plate
  • quoit
  • sate
  • slate
  • speight
  • straight
  • strate
  • tait
  • teth
  • wait
  • weight
  • bait
  • blate
  • chait
  • date
  • est
  • fate
  • frate
  • gait
  • grate
  • haet
  • hate
  • late
  • mate's
  • plait
  • prate
  • rate
  • skate
  • spate
  • state
  • strait
  • streight
  • Tate
  • trait
  • weigh
2 syllables
  • abate
  • belate
  • collate
  • create
  • deflate
  • dilate
  • elate
  • estate
  • inflate
  • irate
  • Kuwait
  • misstate
  • negate
  • ornate
  • postdate
  • predate
  • reflate
  • restate
  • snotty
  • squatty
  • update
  • await
  • berate
  • conflate
  • debate
  • dictate
  • dotty
  • equate
  • grotty
  • innate
  • knotty
  • lightweight
  • naughty
  • oblate
  • plotty
  • potty
  • prorate
  • relate
  • sedate
  • spotty
  • translate
  • upstate
3 syllables
4 syllables
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