mate
mate
meÉĒt
meit
/meÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "mate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϜāύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of animals) to have sex for breeding or reproduction
Intransitive
to mate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The deer mate during the rutting season, displaying elaborate courtship behaviors.
āĻšāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϜāύāύ āĻ‹āϤ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŽāĻžāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļāĻžāĻšāĻŽāĻžāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to place the opponent's king under attack in such a way that there is no move to escape
Transitive: to mate an opponent or their king
to mate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She trapped his king in a corner and finally mated him.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϜāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āϪ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻžāύ⧋, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to join, fit, or associate in a way that is appropriate or harmonious
Transitive: to mate two or more things | to mate sth with sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef mated the flavors of the sauce and pasta beautifully.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āϏāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€, āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€

a romantic or sexual partner, especially in a long-term or committed relationship
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
mate definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He considers his wife not just his mate, but also his best friend and confidante.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇āχ āύāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ“ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

a move that delivers an unavoidable check to the opponent's king, ending the game

mate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The grandmaster announced mate, claiming victory.
03

an officer ranking immediately below the captain on a commercial vessel

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mate coordinated the crew during docking.
04

the partner of an animal, especially for reproduction

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Penguins often choose the same mate each breeding season.
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a colleague or fellow member of a team or group

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He shared the workload evenly with his mates.
06

an exact copy of something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist made a mate of the sculpture for the gallery.
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āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁, āϏāĻžāĻĨā§€

a friend, especially of the same gender
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He went to the pub with his mates after work.
āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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one of a pair, matching or complementary

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lost the mate of his favorite glove.
mate
mate
meÉĒt
meit
/mateÉĒ/
matÊ
01

a traditional South American drink made by infusing dried yerba matÊ leaves in hot water

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He offered mate to everyone at the gathering.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

mated
mating
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