-ate
to make or act; having the quality of
Latin · -atus (participle)
Forms verbs meaning to make or do (activate, educate) and adjectives meaning having a quality (fortunate, moderate). As a verb it is said "ayt"; as an adjective often "it".
Memory trick
-ate is a gate: it turns a word into an action, so act becomes activate.
Words from this root
- activate (activ + ate) — to make something start workingचालू करना
- educate (educ + ate) — to teach and trainशिक्षित करना
- celebrate (celebr + ate) — to mark a happy day with joyजश्न मनाना
- graduate (gradu + ate) — to finish a degree or schoolस्नातक होना
- regulate (regul + ate) — to control by rulesनियंत्रित करना
- communicate (communic + ate) — to share informationसंवाद करना
- fortunate (fortun + ate) — luckyभाग्यशाली
- considerate (consider + ate) — careful about others' feelingsदूसरों का ख़याल रखने वाला
- appreciate (appreci + ate) — to value or be thankful forसराहना करना
- estimate (estim + ate) — to guess a value roughlyअनुमान लगाना
- calculate (calcul + ate) — to work out by numbersगणना करना
- operate (oper + ate) — to work or run a machineचलाना, संचालित करना