# mates

Pronunciation: say "MAYTS" /meɪts/

## Noun

1. Plural of mate. — plural of mate
   - Simple: Plural of mate. Use this form when you mean more than one mate.
   - _The first and second mates took turns on watch through the night._
   - _Half the gloves in the lost-and-found had lost their mates._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of mate. — third-person singular simple present indicative of mate
   - Simple: The form of mate used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The biologist mates rare frogs in a carefully controlled enclosure._
   - _When the season turns, the eagle mates and begins building its nest._

## Adjective

3. Friendly toward someone, or on terms of close friendship with them.
   - Simple: Being friends with someone and on good, friendly terms.
   - _By the end of the season the rivals had become quite mates._
   - _He's been mates with his neighbors for decades._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mates (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).