{
    "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’."
}