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{
"term": "mate",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a friend",
"labels": "(British English, Australian English, informal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They've been best mates since school."
},
{
"text": "I was with a mate."
},
{
"text": "He's a cheat and a gambler; hardly an ideal mate."
},
{
"text": "He's got loads of mates at school."
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["best", "good"],
"verb + mate": ["have"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used as a friendly way of addressing somebody, especially between men",
"labels": "(British English, Australian English, informal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sorry mate, you'll have to wait."
},
{
"text": "All right, mate?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person you share an activity or accommodation with",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**workmates/teammates/playmates/classmates**"
},
{
"text": "my **room-mate/flatmate**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the sexual partner of a bird or animal",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A male bird sings to attract a mate."
}
],
"topics": ["Birds", "Animals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a husband, wife or other sexual partner",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many matchmaking sites compile lists of potential mates using basic information."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["potential", "prospective", "ideal"],
"verb + mate": ["attract", "find", "choose"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a person whose job is to help a worker who has had training in a skill",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **builder’s/plumber’s mate**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or master",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Transport by water"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "a position in which one player cannot prevent their king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "a situation in which somebody has been completely defeated",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/meɪt/",
"audio": "ma/mate/mate__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/meɪt/",
"audio": "ma/mate/mate__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 7 late Middle English: from Middle Low German māt(e) ‘comrade’, of West Germanic origin; related to meat (the underlying concept was of eating together). noun sense 8 Middle English: the noun from Anglo-Norman French mat (from the phrase eschec mat ‘checkmate’); the verb from Anglo-Norman French mater ‘to checkmate’."
}