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agemate

age·mate
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eyj-meyt]
    • /ˈeɪdʒˌmeɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eyj-meyt]
    • /ˈeɪdʒˌmeɪt/

Definitions of agemate word

  • noun agemate a person roughly the same age as another person 3
  • noun agemate a person of about the same age as another: The student is far behind her agemates in reading comprehension. 1
  • noun agemate One who is the same age as another person. 1

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Origin of agemate

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; age + mate1

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Parts of speech for Agemate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

agemate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

agemate usage trend in Literature

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