adj
Meaning 1
Friendly; having a friendship (with).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He is mates with my brother.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mates
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/meɪts/
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rhymes with -eɪts
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CMU ARPABET: M EY1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname from Hungarian or Catalan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
plural of mate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of mate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a pair of people who live together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a married couple from Chicago
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: couple, match
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: family, family unit
Narrower terms: power couple, DINK
History
Etymology
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté. * Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).
Real reading context