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mated

SayMAY-tid/ˈmeɪtɪd/

2 meanings of mated

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of mate.

    The eagles mated for life soon after pairing that season.

    Once the engine halves were mated, the unit ran smoothly.

    Note

    One regular -ed form does double duty here, and the construction tells you which meaning is meant. In the active voice the verb is usually intransitive: the eagles mated, the two parts mated cleanly. The passive comes from the transitive uses: a mare was mated with a stallion, the engine halves were mated. That passive participle is the bridge to the "fitted together" adjective, as in mated connectors.

  2. 2
    adjective
    Fitted together or interlocked, so that two surfaces join closely.

    The mated connectors formed a watertight seal around the cable.

    Engineers checked that the two mated surfaces stayed perfectly aligned.

    Similarconnected, engaged

    Oppositeseparated, disconnected

mated is a form of mate

mate, verb: Of animals, to have sex in order to produce young, with or without a named partner. Full entry

Forms
matemates he/she/itmating -ing formmated past tense, past participle
Spelling
mate → mated: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.

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