playmate

«playmate» in Mova's school dictionary: a friend that a child plays with — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a playmate, playmates)

meaning for a pupil

A playmate is a friend that a child plays with. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories it is used about young children and their friends, or about animals that play together. Phrases: «a childhood playmate», «a new playmate».

examples

• My best playmate lives next door. tree →
• The puppy needs a playmate. tree →
• She made a new playmate at the park. tree →
• We were playmates when we were little. tree →
• The kittens are playmates. tree →
• Grandma remembered her childhood playmate. tree →
• He was a kind playmate who always shared. tree →
• My cousin is my favourite playmate. tree →

note

Countable: playmates. Mostly used about young children; older children say «friend» or «mate» (UK, Australia).

In the corpora

• Only children often learn to make friends fast, because they want a playmate.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «playmate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.