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mating /'meitiŋ/
mate /ˈmeɪt/
mate
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nounplural mates[count] :a person who lives with you, works in the same place as you, etc. - usually used in combination with another nounWe have been office mates for 10 years. [=we have worked together in the same office for 10 years] - see also classmate, flatmate, housemate, playmate, roommate, running mate, schoolmate, seatmate, shipmate, soul mate, stablemate, tablemate, teammate, workmate[count] :either one of a pair of animals that are breeding[count] chiefly US :a person's husband, wife, or romantic or sexual partner[count] chiefly US informal :either one of a pair of objects[count] :an officer on a ship who has a rank below the captain[count] chiefly Brit informal :a friendShe and I have been best mates for ages. - often used as a friendly way for one man to address another man[count] chiefly Brit :an assistant or helperan electrician's mate[noncount] :checkmateverbmates; mated; mating[no obj] of animals :to have sexual activity in order to produce young[+ obj] :to bring (animals) together so that they will breed and produce young[+ obj] :to join or connect (things) together
* Các từ tương tự:
material, materialism, materialize, materiel, maternal, maternity, matey
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nounAfter work, my mates and I stop off for a beer or two (or three )He scarcely seems a worthy mate for the winner of a Miss World contestHave you seen the mate to this sock anywhere?verbPeople should be free to mate with whom they wishThe zoo was able to get the rhinoceroses to mate. A lion was mated with a tiger to produce a tigonI cannot get these gears to mate