'mate' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'mate' with 8 example sentences.
- mate noun
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: 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
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: 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.