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  -ata

  a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, forming nouns used especially in names of zoological groups.
• A.T.A.
  A.T.A.

  abbreviation

  Associate Technical Aide.

-ata

¹ American  

1. a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, forming nouns used especially in names of zoological groups.

   Vertebrata.

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-ata ² American  

1. a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek.

   stomata.

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A.T.A. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Associate Technical Aide.

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Etymology

Origin of -ata¹

< Latin, neuter plural of -ātus -ate ¹, originally adj. in Latin, then substantivized in NL.

Origin of -ata²

< Greek t- stems, -mata result of, state of, act of; cf. -ment

Example Sentences

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-ata A.T.A.

Desideratum -ata: some thing or things needed or desired.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Stoma -ata: a breathing pore or pores:= stigma; q.v.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Gibson won her first A.T.A. tournament in 1942.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2019

The collective action came at the behest of their union, the Writers Guild of America, and followed several months of failed contract negotiations with the Association of Talent Agents, or the A.T.A.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 6, 2019

The last time that the Writers Guild and the A.T.A. negotiated a contract was in 1976, and, in the years since, agencies have become bigger and more powerful.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 6, 2019

The A.T.A. threw only three lobbyists into the fight on Capitol Hill, but its state units had alerted individual trucking lines, large and small.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captain England started a branch of the A.T.A., and worked it till he died.

From From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa by R. W. Allen