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  • Definition
    • mate :engage in sexual intercourse
      • Birds mate in the Spring

    • mate :a fellow member of a team
      • it was his first start against his former teammates

    • mate :bring two objects, ideas, or people together
      • This fact is coupled to the other one|Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?|The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project

    • mate :the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
      • he loved the mare and all her mates|camels hate leaving their mates

    • mate :place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
      • Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

    • mate :an exact duplicate
      • when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook

    • mate :one of a pair
      • he lost the mate to his shoe|one eye was blue but its fellow was brown

    • mate :the officer below the master on a commercial ship

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