Are you trying to hyphenate mate? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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The officer below the master on a commercial ship |
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A fellow member of a team It was his first start against his former teammates |
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The partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) He loved the mare and all her mates Camels hate leaving their mates |
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A person's partner in marriage |
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An exact duplicate When a match is found an entry is made in the notebook |
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One of a pair He lost the mate to his shoe One eye was blue but its fellow was brown |
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South American holly Leaves used in making a drink like tea |
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Informal term for a friend of the same sex |
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South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate |
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A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king |
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Engage in sexual intercourse Birds mate in the Spring |
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Bring two objects, ideas, or people together This fact is coupled to the other one Matchmaker |
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Can you match my daughter with a nice young man? The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project |
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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 |
| noun | first mate, officer, ship's officer
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| noun | teammate, associate |
| noun | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
| noun | spouse, partner, married person, better half, relative, relation, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
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| noun | match, duplicate, duplication |
| noun | Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis, holly |
| noun | friend |
| noun | beverage, drink, drinkable, potable |
| noun | checkmate, chess move
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| verb | copulate, pair, couple, join, conjoin |
| verb | match, couple, pair, twin, join, bring together
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| verb | checkmate, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish |