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Princeton's WordNet

  1. couple, mates, matchnoun

    a pair of people who live together

    "a married couple from Chicago"

Wiktionary

  1. matesadjective

    Friendly; having a friendship (with).

    He is mates with my brother.

  2. matésnoun

    Plural form of maté.

ChatGPT

  1. mates

    In general, the term "mates" refers to friends, companions, or partners. It is often used in British, Australian, and New Zealand English to refer to close friends. In the context of animal behavior, "mates" can also refer to a pair of animals that have chosen to partner for breeding purposes. Moreover, in the context of marriage or long-term relationships, a person's 'mate' may refer to their spouse or significant other.

Wikidata

  1. Mates

    Mates is a 2007 animation short film directed by Martin Thoburn.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MATES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mates is ranked #39419 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Mates surname appeared 558 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mates.

    82.2% or 459 total occurrences were White.
    7.3% or 41 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    4.6% or 26 total occurrences were Black.
    3.2% or 18 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for Mates »

  1. AEMTs

  2. meats

  3. satem

  4. Satem

  5. steam

  6. tames

  7. teams

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mates in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mates in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Mates in a Sentence

  1. Khalid Khan:

    They killed most of my class mates and then I didn't know what happened as I was brought to Military Hospital said its corridors.

  2. Dr Blake:

    In evolutionary terms, these kinds of behaviors are completely rational, even adaptive, the basic idea is that the way people compete for mates, and the things they do to put themselves at the top of the hierarchy are really important. This is where this research fits in — it’s all about how women are competing and why they’re competing.

  3. Jack Cummings:

    Was it worth it, probably not. Did I lose my legs for nothing, looks like it. Did my mates die in vain. Yep.

  4. Joshua Gaschk:

    Essentially, they’re trying to cover large distances to find more mates, and they’re doing so at the cost of their recuperation and resting period.

  5. Jesse Barber:

    All animals listen — closely — for predators, prey and mates, for predators, repeatedly missing auditory opportunities can mean a season without reproduction.

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