OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 2065

slate

/sleɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
destinar
To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, sense 2.1).
The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
fechar • fijar • programar
To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, sense 2.1).
The Cleethorpes to Barton-on-Humber branch had been slated to transfer from Northern into the East Midlands franchise, but this move is still awaiting a DfT decision.
The election was slated for November 2nd.
📚 verb • entry_id 2066

slate

/sleɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
criticar duramente • vapulear • vituperar
To scold (someone) harshly; to chastise, to excoriate, to lambaste.
It makes me mad to hear that wretched Mouse, when he wants to slate a very good novel, declare that there is no romance in real life.
The play was slated by the critics.