margate

¹ American  

[mahr-git, -geyt] / ˈmɑr gɪt, -geɪt /

noun

1. a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.

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Margate ² American  

[mahr-git, -geyt, mahr-geyt] / ˈmɑr gɪt, -geɪt, ˈmɑr geɪt /

noun

1. a city in NE Kent, in SE England: seaside resort.

2. a city in SE Florida.

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Margate British  

/ ˈmɑːɡeɪt /

noun

1. a town and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the Isle of Thanet. Pop: 58 465 (2001)

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Etymology

Origin of margate

First recorded in 1725–35; perhaps after Margate

Example Sentences

Senior curator Melissa Blanchflower says the Margate gallery is "inviting the public to come and have this visual experience" and nothing replaces "being in front of the painting".

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Two Margate women who were diagnosed with breast cancer are urging people to understand the symptoms and have the courage to stand up for themselves if their concerns have been disregarded by doctors.

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Experts at Crab Museum in Margate say they now have people come in "every day" questioning if humans really will end up sprouting claws.

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Police were called following a report of a crash outside the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital in Margate at about 16:00 BST on Thursday.

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At a cabinet meeting in Margate on Thursday, councillors blasted recent media reports that the authority was trying to enforce a blanket swearing ban, calling them "a mountain of nonsense".

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