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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x1)
- The puppy needs a playmate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x2)
- She made a new playmate at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x3)
- We were playmates when we were little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x4)
- The kittens are playmates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x5)
- Grandma remembered her childhood playmate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x6)
- He was a kind playmate who always shared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x7)
- My cousin is my favourite playmate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «playmate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playmate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.