Mate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a fellow member of a team (syn: teammate)
camels hate leaving their mates
- an exact duplicate (syn: match)
- one of a pair (syn: fellow)
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king (syn: checkmate)
verb
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game (syn: checkmate)
Extra examples
I told my mates some of these facts on returning.
Dad's office mates are throwing a party for him.
I'm going out with my mates tonight.
He's good mates with John.
Most of my school mates are black.
What's the time, mate?
How do women choose their mates?
It's quite common for male birds to mate with several females.
Rabbits can be mated as early as six months old.
Birds mate in the Spring
Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves
The bird's colorful feathers are used to attract a mate.
...his selection of a running mate was a long, tedious affair...
...studied the frequency of coition in animals that mate for life...
...you're having me on, aren't you, mate?...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: mate
he/she/it: mates
present participle: mating
past tense: mated
past participle: mated
singular: mate
plural: mates
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