Bates

American  

[beyts] / beɪts /

noun

1. Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.

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Bates British  

/ beɪts /

noun

1. Sir Alan ( Arthur ). 1934–2003, British film and stage actor. His films include A Kind of Loving (1962), Women in Love (1969), The Go-Between (1971), and The Cherry Orchard (1999)

2. H ( erbert ) E ( rnest ). 1905–74, English writer of short stories and novels, which include The Darling Buds of May (1958), A Moment in Time (1964), and The Triple Echo (1970)

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Example Sentences

Anna-Louise Bates, who chose to donate her seven-year-old's organs when he died in a car crash along with his father, said it was "ground-breaking in Wales to be the first to adopt the soft opt-out, but everyone is still not educated in what that actually means".

From BBC

He won the John Bates Clark Medal, the award given to an extraordinary American economist under age 40 that has often been a precursor to a Nobel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Earlier Saturday, veteran US ice dance duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates topped the opening rhythm dance with a total of 84.77 points to position themselves for a record-equalling fifth Skate America title.

From Barron's

Chock and Bates, who won Skate America titles in 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023, built a 7.35-point lead over Canadians Marjorie LaJoie and Zachary Lagha.

From Barron's

Her settlement comes after it was confirmed that campaigner Sir Alan Bates had agreed to a multi-million-pound compensation figure from the Post Office.

From BBC