bates

verb

Definition of batesnext
present tense third-person singular of bate
as in removes

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  1. removes
  2. deducts
  3. subtracts
  4. detaches
  5. takes off
  6. abates
Verb
  • Hal clocks it, giving his protégé a long side-eye when the green birdie continues to hover overhead after John removes the ring.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The 23-year-old Spaniard is returning after four months out with a wrist injury, but Sinner’s withdrawal removes his biggest rival.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of removes
Verb
  • What happened Imagine an ATM that checks your balance, dispenses the money, then deducts the amount from your account.
    — Emin Gün Sirer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The state’s homestead market-value exclusion program automatically deducts a certain amount of value for the purpose of calculating property taxes.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of deducts
Verb
  • Gross margin is the percentage of revenue left after a company subtracts its direct costs, so the higher the margin the better for the company.
    — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Vitae and Willpower/Health merge into a single resource, Difficulty subtracts dice from a pool rather than raising a target number, and players roll nearly all of the dice at the table.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of subtracts
Verb
  • Protium detaches first at low temperatures, followed by deuterium, while tritium holds on the longest and requires the highest heat to release.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Writing detaches the message from the messenger, allowing for a more dispassionate spread of information than was possible in oral societies.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of detaches
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  • Then Bill Eppridge, the photographer, went up, pointed to me, went into the plane, the door closed, and takes off into the night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • When a target passes, the drone takes off, pursues the vehicle, and strikes it with its onboard munition.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of takes off
Verb
  • Armour hooks my arm, and the panic abates.
    — Adam Erace, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • Preserving dam integrity across northern Michigan will be important to the region once the crisis abates, said Sharen Lange, a Cheboygan business owner active in economic development, including on Cheboygan Commons.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Definition of abates
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“Bates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bates. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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