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'mate' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'mate' with 8 example sentences.


mate noun

: the officer below the master on a commercial ship

: a fellow member of a team

: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

: a person's partner in marriage

: an exact duplicate

: one of a pair

: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

: 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

mate verb

: engage in sexual intercourse

: bring two objects, ideas, or people together

: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game


  • I saw my mate there, drinking wine.
  • Who the bloody hell do you think YOU are, mate?
  • Where is the mate to this sock?
  • My beer was finished off by my room-mate.
  • Great bait, mate, I rate eight out of eight.
  • He never wanted to help his mates.
  • I've got a mate who works there.
  • We've been mates for years.
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