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1 mate
[meit] 1. verb1) (to come, or bring (animals etc), together for breeding: The bears have mated and produced a cub.) a se împerechea2) ((chess) to checkmate (someone).) a face şah-mat (pe cineva)2. noun1) (an animal etc with which another is paired for breeding: Some birds sing in order to attract a mate.) mascul, femelă2) (a husband or wife.) soţ, soţie3) (a companion or friend: We've been mates for years.) tovarăş, prieten4) (a fellow workman or assistant: a carpenter's mate.) ucenic5) (a merchant ship's officer under the master or captain: the first mate.) secund6) (in chess, checkmate.) mat -
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3 mathematics
[mæƟə'mætiks](( abbreviation maths [mæ ], (American) math [mæƟ]) the science or branch of knowledge dealing with measurements, numbers and quantities.) matematică- mathematically
- mathematician
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Mate Choice — is the process in which one organism chooses another one to mate with. The overall reason for mate choice in any species is to pick a mate that can provide better genetic material that will produce more fit offspring that are more likely to… … Wikipedia
Mate choice — Mate choice, or intersexual selection, is an evolutionary process in which selection of a mate depends on attractiveness of its traits. It is one of two components of sexual selection (the other is male male competition or intrasexual selection) … Wikipedia
Mate choice copying — (or just mate copying ) describes a non independent mate choice event. Mate choice copying is said to occur when the likelihood that one individual (the observer or focal individual ) will mate with a particular individual (the target ) increases … Wikipedia
Mate cocido — Type Hot or cold beverage Country of origin Argentina Bolivia Brasil Paraguay Uruguay Introduced … Wikipedia
Mate — Mate, v. i. To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mate (beverage) — For other uses, see Mate (disambiguation). Mate Mate in a traditional calabash gourd. Type Infusion Country of origin Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina … Wikipedia
mate — mate1 S3 [meıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody you do something with)¦ 2¦(friend)¦ 3¦(animal)¦ 4¦(husband/wife)¦ 5¦(sailor)¦ 6¦(navy officer)¦ 7 builder s/plumber s/electrician s etc mate 8¦(game)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; … Dictionary of contemporary English
mate — [[t]me͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ mates, mating, mated 1) N COUNT: usu with poss You can refer to someone s friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends. [BRIT, INFORMAL] He s off drinking with his mates... A mate of… … English dictionary
mate — I n. petty officer (naval) 1) a boatswain s; machinist s mate junior partner 2) (BE) a plumber s mate 3) (US; pol.) smb. s running mate II v. (D; intr., tr.) to mate with (zebras don t mate with donkeys; to mate a donkey with a mare) * * * [meɪt] … Combinatory dictionary
mate — 01. Studies show that certain kinds of geese [mate] for their entire life. 02. A male cat will bite the female in the back of the neck to hold her down while they are [mating]. 03. Lions will generally [mate] with as many females as possible in… … Grammatical examples in English
mate — to copulate Literally, to pair, of animals and, less often, humans: Mating pythons are a very rare and a very strange sight. (F. Richards, 1936) He ll never be able to mate with a woman again. (M. West, 1979 but what other partner… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
