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running mate

running mate noun: a candidate on a joint ticket.

Noun

running mate (plural running mates)

  1. A candidate on a joint ticket.
  2. (US) A candidate for the US vice-presidency.
    • My first decision after being assured of victory was to choose my running mate. I decided that I needed to compensate for my lack of experience in Washington, and seriously considered Senators John Glenn, Frank Church, Scoop Jackson, Ed Muskie, and Walter Mondale.2011, Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5
    • Noem’s latest justification for fatally shooting Cricket at her farm[…]comes as fellow Republicans have all but written off her chances of being chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in November’s presidential election.2024 May 5, Ramon Antonio Vargas, Edward Helmore, “Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    ticketmate
  3. One of a pair of ships with coordinated, often reciprocal, sailing schedules.
  4. One of a pair of horses running the same race for the same stable or owner.

running mate meaning in Vietnamese

running mate in Vietnamese

candidate on a joint ticket
đồng ứng cử viên, phó ứng cử viên
candidate for the US vice-presidency
ứng cử viên phó tổng thống, phó ứng cử viên tổng thống

Synonyms of running mate

Forms of running mate

pluralrunning mates
alternative formrunning-mate

Questions about running mate

What does running mate mean?
Running mate means a candidate on a joint ticket.
What is running mate in Vietnamese?
Running mate in Vietnamese is đồng ứng cử viên, phó ứng cử viên, ứng cử viên phó tổng thống. See Running mate meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is running mate?
Running mate is a noun.
What is the plural of running mate?
The plural of running mate is running mates.

Words near running mate in the dictionary

  1. running loads
  2. running low
  3. running mad
  4. running madness
  5. running man
  6. running mate
  7. running mates
  8. running meter
  9. running meters
  10. running nowhere
  11. running of the bulls

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