mate, n.
(mates)
freq. cnt. 10
(mates)
freq. cnt. 10
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
first mate mate
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hypernym
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
mate
sample sentences
"he loved the mare and all her mates""camels hate leaving their mates"
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
a fellow member of a team
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
mate teammate
sample sentences
"it was his first start against his former teammates"
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hypernym
an exact duplicate
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
match mate
sample sentences
"when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
a person's partner in marriage
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
better half married person mate partner spouse
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derivationally related form
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member holonym
hyponym
bigamist
consort
helpmate, helpmeet
husband, hubby, married man
monogamist, monogynist
newlywed, honeymooner
polygamist
wife, married woman
hypernym
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
<noun.act>
checkmate mate
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
<noun.food>
mate
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hypernym
informal term for a friend of the same sex
<noun.person>
mate
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derivationally related form
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domain of synset (region)
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
hypernym
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
<noun.plant>
Ilex paraguariensis Paraguay tea mate
semantic pointers
hypernym
one of a pair
<noun.quantity>
fellow mate
sample sentences
"he lost the mate to his shoe""one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
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hypernym
part holonym