Meaning of mates in English
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1. a pair of people who live togetherExamples
- « a married couple from Chicago »
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- « I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates. » Brad Delson
- « We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells. » Paul McCartney
- « It's important not to ditch your mates when you're in a relationship. Lots of girls do it, but you need to remember they will always be there for you. » Rachel Bilson
- « I was an OK boxer, I wasn't great, I was OK, but I loved the discipline of getting together every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, usually Saturday afternoons too, with a whole bunch of mates and training, very, very hard for about two-and-half hours. » Liam Neeson
- « Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6,000 million talking, upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being. » Lynn Margulis