American English pronunciation
How to pronounce mate
IPA transcription: ['meɪt]
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Noun
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a person's partner in marriage
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the officer below the master on a commercial ship
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a fellow member of a team
“it was his first start against his former teammates”
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the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
“he loved the mare and all her mates”
“camels hate leaving their mates”
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an exact duplicate
“when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook”
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one of a pair
“he lost the mate to his shoe”
“one eye was blue but its fellow was brown”
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South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
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informal term for a friend of the same sex
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South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
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a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Verb
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bring two objects, ideas, or people together
“This fact is coupled to the other one”
“Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?”
“The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project”
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engage in sexual intercourse
“Birds mate in the Spring”
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place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
“Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves”
Usage examples
- Eric Baker the opportunity to be his running mate, but both declined.
- The third disc contains new material inspired by "Blade Runner".
- Its climate zone can be classified as continental.
- His teammate Clay Regazzoni finished second and March driver Chris Amon came in third.
- Sometimes I overthink things which leads me to postpone and ultimately never achieve the goal I had in mind.
- This chemical modification provides a novel class of materials named carboxylated agarose.
- It is located approximately from the Sun, appearing in the constellation of Taurus.
- This inaccuracy may be large enough to render such estimates as not helpful.
- Approximately seventy percent of graduating seniors go on to four-year college programs.
- The two had previously been teammates playing for the Triple-A Richmond Braves.