I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
first mate
running mate
soul mate
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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I think I've always found it hard to talk to people except for my best mate .
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Rifat Ozbek and Paul Smith are good mates .
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The works of the two painters don't make good stable mates .
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On a more personal level, Parsons was' very good mates with Johnny Thunders.
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Don't share with anyone - not even your best mate or your partner.
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And we're not just talking about your mum and your best mate .
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Billy and I were just good friends, really good mates .
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I tell you though, my best mate thinks we haven't done it quietly enough.
old
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To me, as well as being my old mate , he's a fine, outstanding example of a White Poplar.
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The list of Valvestate users includes our old mate Geoff Whitehorn.
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And he's hoping to brew up a shock for his old mates tonight.
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She shouldn't run off with any of his old mates or she would get a good hiding when he came home.
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He was almost cuddly, talking about how he plays football with his old mates and helps fix their go-karts.
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Lee Nogan was let through by his old mates and Paul Furlong did the damage.
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His widow gathers his old mates together to prepare the funeral orations.
possible
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The young viewers were kept fully informed of developments and on one programme a possible mate was being discussed.
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Indeed she is sometimes spoken of as a possible running mate in November.
potential
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Male flies have acute vision to stalk a potential mate to whom her suitor is a distant blur.
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Males that misread the body and facial postures of a potential mate get bitten or kicked.
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Tommy Thompson, a potential Dole running mate .
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Blindness is also a major handicap to the recognition of a potential mate , as is deviant colouration.
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According to them, a nightingale does not sing to inform potential mates about himself; he sings to seduce them.
presidential
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Dukakis' Democratic vice presidential running mate , Sen.
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Both outsiders chose establishment types for their vice presidential running mates .
running
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He announced that his vice-presidential running mate was James B. Stockdale, a retired admiral with little political experience.
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If Hillary is the perfect partner, then in Al Gore he had the perfect running mate .
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Sorry, Clinton only switched running mates for the evening to poke fun at Republican rival George Bush.
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Who is his running mate for vice-president? 16.
team
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Like a demented cheerleader he pranced and hopped before dotting the ball down to the amusement of team-mate Will Greenwood.
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The defending champion Joyce Chepchumba, Loroupe's team-mate , came third.
vice
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Dukakis' Democratic vice presidential running mate , Sen.
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Both outsiders chose establishment types for their vice presidential running mates .
■ NOUN
choice
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It would be quite wrong to suggest that the only influence on mate choice is relative familiarity.
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His racial theory was almost certainly a red herring, 5 but the notion of selective mate choice was not.
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However, acceptance of this point has to be tempered by an awareness that mate choice is influenced by many qualities.
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Is there some functional similarity with mate choice in quail?
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But the concept of mutual mate choice has remained untested experimentally, although it has been supported by recent modelling.
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They also point to other sources of variation in mate choice .
school
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Most of my school mates were black, though I had a few white ones.
soul
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To Chrissie he is a friend, to Terry a revelatory lover, and to Melanie a soul mate .
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They have founded a constitutional-covenant community for soul mates in Idaho.
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It wasn't the kind of reaction I'd expect from a man who had just killed his so-called soul mate .
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This man, much like his Southern soul mate at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, is a survivor.
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It will be easier to find a soul mate elsewhere than in one's own backyard.
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The film, Him, is a romantic comedy role about a woman's search for a soul mate .
■ VERB
attract
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Other insects attract their mates by exploiting the third of the senses, smell.
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So, by sight, sound and smell, the adult insects attract their mates .
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They may be trying to attract a mate , mapping out their territory, warning other males off.
choose
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She stated that a wise woman would choose her mate on the basis of his qualities of character.
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Later, eugenicists stressed the importance of teaching women the criteria by which to choose a mate .
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Those who choose infertile mates leave no descendants.
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Physicists do not generally choose their mates from among subsistence farmers.
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Females often choose mates on the basis of what genes a male might carry.
find
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If so few males exist that each always finds lots of mates , then it pays a parent to have sons.
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Yet the woman who finds a genuinely protective mate in a less glamorous man may still feel romantically deprived.
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Step six: Find a mate Once the nest is completed, the male sets off in search of a female.
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It is a place to find your mate .
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I took off the headphones and found my mates laughing their heads off.
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He has not yet found a running mate , although he has approached several minor political figures.
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It will be easier to find a soul mate elsewhere than in one's own backyard.
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And what of women who have not found an appropriate mate ?
pick
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Bob Dole will pick as his running mate .
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Another goal in picking a running mate is to avoid selecting a candidate who might add trouble to the ticket.
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Some picked running mates they knew only by reputation simply for symbolic impact, as Mondale chose Rep.
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Over the next five months, Dole must also pick a running mate .
run
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Bob Dole would love to make Colin Powell his running mate .
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Bob Dole will pick as his running mate .
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Dukakis' Democratic vice presidential running mate , Sen.
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Another goal in picking a running mate is to avoid selecting a candidate who might add trouble to the ticket.
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Perot threw his last running mate , retired Adm.
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The final day will feature speeches by Dole and his running mate .
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Michael Dukakis ignored the urgings of his much-admired running mate , Sen.
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Bush could have used the choice of running mate to make a statement about the kind of changes he seeks.
seek
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This raises problems for creatures seeking mates .
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A man, by contrast, is seeking a mate who will use his sperm and his money to produce babies.
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It remains in its pupal chamber until the following spring and emerges in April, May or June to seek a mate .
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Suddenly, females in the population have two options: to seek a faithful mate like yourself or to seek a polygamist.
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Rather than following, he plunged into the passageway between the bars, seeking his mate .
select
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The males' skill affects their breeding success, for the females examine these nests extremely critically when selecting a mate .
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Were Dole to select his running mate strictly on ability and integrity, he would name Arizona Sen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He always goes to the pub with his mates on Friday night.
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Terry's an old mate of mine.
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the first mate
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What happened to this sock's mate ?
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Would you trade your mate for a million bucks?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a couple of intense, passionate but ultimately destructive relationships, I craved a gentle, understanding mate .
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Don't share with anyone - not even your best mate or your partner.
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Ed and his mates just bobbing along.
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I mean, you've heard all his New Age stuff about them being soul mates destined for each other.
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Sometimes these two-survival and acquiring a mate are conflicting goals.
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The running mates don't really matter, so the candidates can improvise more.
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The young females tend to fly off and look for mates elsewhere.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
dole
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The following year, Ford picked fellow middle westerner Dole as his running mate instead.
female
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Do females prefer to mate with males of longer tail-length?
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If they win, the females will mate with the senior brother.
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Alternatively it is possible to check females and mate up only those animals that are in oestrus.
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Caged females are attacked by mated female sparrows.
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Secondary females typically lay fewer eggs than either primary females or monogamously mated ones.
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When a female mates with an attractive male, he works less hard and she works harder at bringing up the young.
male
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Males of this species hold harems of three to six females, and forcibly prevent other males from mating with them.
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So the persistence of the last male to mate her is rewarded, as he is father to most of the kits.
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Natural selection favours the habit in stickleback males because female sticklebacks will only mate with territorial males.
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In general, though, it is the last male to mate that fathers most offspring.
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Often, the last male to mate sires all or most of the young.
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One example may be the male red deer which competes vigorously with other males for opportunities to mate .
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As a consequence they typically occur in very small groups and males therefore mate with fewer females each year.
team
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He seemed to be telling team mates that his parachute had not performed correctly.
■ VERB
choose
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Any male who chose not to mate with certain kinds of females would mate less than his non-discriminatory competitors.
run
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The first test was his choice of a running mate .
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His running mate , Missouri Gov.&038;.
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The following year, Ford picked fellow middle westerner Dole as his running mate instead.
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The presidential candidate is expected to announce his choice for a running mate Saturday in his native Russell, Kan.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During the mating season, foxes become much more vocal.
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The birds mate in April and the eggs are hatched by June.
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Two pigeons performed an elaborate and very noisy mating dance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A young woman does not mate faithfully with a wealthy tycoon.
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Any male who chose not to mate with certain kinds of females would mate less than his non-discriminatory competitors.
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In other words, some males are extraordinarily successful while others may never mate .
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Nevertheless, they mate and produce Leech and Foam island, two beings considered failures.
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They will mate in vials and breed in a couple of weeks.
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With one Joey outside the pouch, she looks to mate again with available males.