How to use mate in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, verb
Mate means a fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. Example: “I'm going to the pub with a few mates.”
Examples of mate by meaning
nounA breeding partner.
- Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nurses find ways of signalling their suitability as a mate.2015 April 16, Richard P. Grant, “Sex and the successful fundraiser”, in The Guardian
nounA friend, usually of the same sex.
- I'm going to the pub with a few mates.
- He's my best mate.
nounFriendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?
nounThe other member of a matched pair of objects.
- I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.
verbTo match, fit together without space between.
- The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
More sentences with mate
- I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.From the entry roast
- The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.From the entry roast
- The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.From the entry catapult
- Mate, don't be a piker! Come to Angie′s birthday party tonight!From the entry piker
- The bird was courting a potential mate by performing an elaborate dance.From the entry court
- This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?From the entry hum
- The entire tank of guppies was in their maturity and ready to mate.From the entry maturity
- I paid a hundred pounds for that, but it was a proper bump, mate.From the entry bump
- All right, mate, how are things with you and the missus?From the entry all right
- John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.From the entry crumpet
- Hey man, I want some weed. —I'll sort you out, mate.From the entry sort out
- Some turtles use their claw flutter as a means of communication, particularly in mating.From the entry flutter
- You'll have to take over from here, mate, I'm completely buggered.From the entry buggered
- A pint of lager, please. - Sorry, mate, you missed last orders.From the entry last orders
- Don’t be such a stinge, and let me try some of your ice cream, mate!From the entry stinge
- Nah, mate – I'm not going to come at that again. Too risky.From the entry come at
- Can you call me back tomorrow, mate? I′m flat chat at the moment.From the entry flat chat
- I scored us a couple of tickets to the match on Saturday. — Bewdy, mate!From the entry bewdy
- We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette.From the entry old mate
- Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit.From the entry old mate
- You'd better put them shelves up again, mate. They're all on the huh.From the entry on the huh
- A male fox will scent mark his territory during mating season.From the entry scent mark
- Can you call me back tomorrow, mate? I′m flat strap at the moment.From the entry flat strap
- From the sound of that motor, I'd say yer big end's gone, mate.From the entry big end
- I think that bird fancies you. You're in there, mate!From the entry in
- That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!From the entry gold
- We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.From the entry shot
- I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend.From the entry legend
- He shopped his mates in to the police.From the entry shop
- That work you did on my car is crook, mate.From the entry crook
- I'm gonna oven the pie for about 30 minutes, mate.From the entry oven
- He's been out on a bender with his mates.From the entry bender
- Rams butt at other males during mating season.From the entry butt
- Crikey, mate, that ain't a knife, this is a knife!From the entry crikey
Meaning of mate
- noun A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- noun A breeding partner.
- noun A friend, usually of the same sex.
Questions about mate in a sentence
- How do you use mate in a sentence?
- Mate is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I'm going to the pub with a few mates.”
- What is a short sentence with mate?
- “He's my best mate.”
- What does mate mean?
- Mate means a fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mate (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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