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donate

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See also: Donate

English

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Etymology

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Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /dəʊˈneɪt/, /dəˈneɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/, /doʊˈneɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

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donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
    She donates 100 dollars to Red Cross every year.
    He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Adverb

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donate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of doni

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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donate

  1. inflection of donare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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donate f pl

  1. feminine plural of donato

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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dōnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dōnō

Spanish

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Verb

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donate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of donar combined with te
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