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  • noun
    plural spates
    [count] :a large number of things that appear or happen in a short period of time
    A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
    the recent spate [=rashof forest fires
    There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
    in spate
    chiefly Brit of a river, stream, etc. :very full :filled with water flowing very fast
    The river was in spate due to heavy rains.