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- [mah-tey, mat-ey, mah-tey]
- /ˈmɑ teɪ, ˈmæt eɪ, mɑˈteɪ/
- /meɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mah-tey, mat-ey, mah-tey]
- /ˈmɑ teɪ, ˈmæt eɪ, mɑˈteɪ/
Definitions of mate word
- noun mate a tealike South American beverage made from the dried leaves of an evergreen tree. 1
- noun mate a South American tree, Ilex paraguariensis, that is the source of this beverage. 1
- noun mate the dried leaves of this tree. 1
- noun mate Each of a pair of birds or other animals. 1
- noun mate animal: partner 1
- noun mate friend 1
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Origin of mate
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
1710-20; < American Spanish mate, orig. the vessel in which the herb is steeped < Quechua mati
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Mate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mate
verb mate
- land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- couple — If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
- wed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
noun mate
- friend — a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- pal — a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged. Compare SAM (def 2).
- buddy — A buddy is a close friend, usually a male friend of a man.
- companion — A companion is someone who you spend time with or who you are travelling with.
- comrade — Your comrades are your friends, especially friends that you share a difficult or dangerous situation with.
Antonyms for mate
verb mate
- disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- disconnect — SCSI reconnect
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- uncouple — to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.
noun mate
- rival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- enemy — A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
- foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
- opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
Top questions with mate
- how do birds mate?
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