a type of dark grey stone that splits easily into thin flat layers

a small thin piece of slate, used for covering roofs

A loose slate had fallen from the roof.

a small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, used in the past in schools for children to write on

to criticize somebody/something, especially in a newspaper

to plan that something will happen at a particular time in the future

The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.

The next conference is slated for July.

The new store is slated to open in spring.

to suggest or choose somebody for a job, position, etc.

I was told that I was being slated for promotion.

He is slated to play the lead in the new musical.

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