seatmate

seat·mate

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [seet-meyt]
- /ˈsitˌmeɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [seet-meyt]
- /ˈsitˌmeɪt/

Definitions of seatmate word

noun seatmate a person who shares a seat or occupies the seat next to oneself on a bus, plane, etc. 1
noun seatmate the person who is sitting in the next seat 0
noun seatmate a person in an adjoining seat in an airplane, bus, etc. 0

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Origin of seatmate

First appearance:

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1855-60; seat + mate1

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Parts of speech for Seatmate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Seatmate

seatmate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

seatmate usage trend in Literature

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