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as in half
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
have you seen the mate to this glove anywhere?
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2
as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
that lout and his mates are known troublemakers in the neighborhood
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as in assistant
chiefly British
a person who helps a more skilled person
a plumber and his mate showed up to fix the sink in our London hotel room
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as in partner
the person to whom another is married
they vowed to each other that they would remain mates for life
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as in friend
chiefly British
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
spent the weekend in London with some of his mates from Oxford
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Recent Examples of mate
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Parakeets typically live in flocks, which provides protection from predators and increases the chances of finding suitable mates.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 May 2025
There is speculation that this was the result of two males ramming each other in an effort to mate or to defend their territory.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Noun
In a forest of southern Thailand, a rare creature walked into a sunlit clearing and approached a potential mate.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Parakeets typically live in flocks, which provides protection from predators and increases the chances of finding suitable mates.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Verb
Photo : Mercedes-Benz AG The car carries the base model’s 577 hp, 4.0-liter biturbo V-8, which is mated to AMG’s nine-speed automatic transmission.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 May 2025
There is speculation that this was the result of two males ramming each other in an effort to mate or to defend their territory.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mate
Noun
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In a city that is thirty per cent Latino, Latinos make up almost half of all Catholics.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is the big winner in the French Open men’s draw, while world No. 1 Jannik Sinner shares the top half of the draw with No. 3 Alexander Zverev and 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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In that case, a lawyer had prepared an outline of the brief for the associates assigned to write it.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Louise Phillips Forbes, an associate broker at Brown Harris Stevens, remembered trying to sell a townhouse like this, at 70 Perry in the West Village, in 2023.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Why Now? Unlike chatbots or single-task assistants, AI agents are evolving to operate autonomously within complex environments.—
Nikit Shah,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The film’s assistant director, David Halls, secured a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of negligent handling of a gun.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
Noun
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So, the welfare group amputated her legs and rehabilitated her before sending her halfway across the world in March 2023 to a partner animal welfare organization called Twenty Paws in New York City.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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But Monday’s event aims to underscore the commitment of the two partners to working together during an increasingly fraught geopolitical era.—
Jeanna Smialek,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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When playing with friends or business associates, which is mostly the way the president plays the game, all sorts of favor-trading can prevail.—
Matthew Purdy,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Planning a craft night with friends is a fun way to destress and try something new (not to mention a way to shake up routine happy hours or game nights!).—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Another picture showed the couple's son gazing down at his sleeping baby sister, and the next snap showed Louie looking away and making a funny face.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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His parents went to sleep that night believing their son would soon be in Florida, and play a practice round that next day.—
Mac Engel
May 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Now, Apple has brought this training data set down to just 10 phrases whilst also providing a more authentic match to the original voice.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The match would remain competitive in the fourth as Brandt’s fifth goal cut the lead to 15-12 with 3:13 left.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Photograph: Sabrina Kelly; Getty Images Around the time Smith started working on One Shot, Hay began to suspect that his buddy’s finances were not all in order.—
Kate Knibbs,
Wired News,
20 May 2025
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The buddy comedy finds Hopps, the police department’s first rabbit cop, working full-time with Wilde, the sly fox and former grifter.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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“Mate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mate. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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