Joan Lunden

Our life is all about the choices we make, and when I was looking for a mate for life, I really was looking for someone who was a family man, somebody who would embrace my girls as much as they were going to embrace me. I guess I just wasn't finished having children yet.

American Celebrity

Joe Wicks

I work with my brother and best mates, but I wouldn't give any old plonker a job. With success, I've been able to spend more time with family and be financially supportive in a way I never thought I could.

British Author

Nick Kyrgios

I like going out on the practice court and training with my mates. But I don't know about fully engaging and giving everything to it. It's just a game. It's just a sport. It's such a small part of my life.

Australian Athlete

Russell Crowe

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.

Australian Actor

Gabrielle Aplin

I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.

English Musician

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

American Author

Gillian Jacobs

It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.

American Actress

Jack Nicholson

I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.

American Actor

John Bishop

When have you ever sat down with your mates and said, 'Look, tell me about your dad?

British Comedian

Keren Woodward

Being paid to travel the world with your best mates, you really can't complain.

Used in informal settings, often among friends or peers.

Informality

Can be used for people of any gender, not males only.

Gender Neutral

More common in British English and can be perceived as less usual in American English.

Regional Usage

Suggests a deep, often lifelong partnership or bond.

Life Commitment

Often used to refer to a romantic partner in a committed relationship.

Romantic Context

Refers to a biological pairing, not necessarily lifelong as in humans.

Animal Pairing

Commonly used in nature documentaries or wildlife context.

Wildlife Context

Used to describe the act of animal breeding or reproduction.

Reproduction

Refers to an officer's rank on a ship, under the captain.

Maritime Rank

A formal title aboard a vessel recognized in maritime professions.

Professional Title

Refers to making a pair out of individual items, often similar.

Pairing Items

Often used when grouping objects that are designed to go together.

Pairing Objects

Indicates the end of a chess game by capturing the king.

Chess Endgame

Usage represents a well-planned, decisive move in chess.

Strategic Thinking

 who rated the person as cold, stoic, and unaffectionate. If a potential mate has managed to pass all these tests, there's still one the infamous first kiss, a rich and complex exchange of tactile and chemical cues, such as the smell of one's breath,

The science of...

 These birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female. They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang, where it'll be protected from the rain. The female takes the lead.

These Ancient Birds Have...

 So, the alpha couple will actively discourage last year's offspring from mating. But one of their daughters has other ideas. Skulking behind the pack is a lone male wolf. He has no territory of his own but follows the family

Daughter Wolf Sneaks...

 anything else at all really and it's very difficult to imagine what life must be like in the very depths of the ocean hardly populated at all you've got to encounter one way or another the opposite sex how do you find a mate

Sir David Attenborough...

 raises its wings and offers it to its potential mate the female starts to lap this up and gets stuck when she finally finds out she's been had she drags the male around eventually she settles down and they mate

Cockroach Infestation PIPE...

 with a really creative idea, with passion, with persistence, and a lot of patience, four mates, four mustaches, can inspire a room full of people, and that room full of people can go on and inspire a city,

Adam Garone: Healthier...

 journals covered with hearts about these people partners in my life these people that I thought were my soul mates this made me question the idea of who was my partner and what did that mean to

Love doesn’t need labels...

 the other two won't get a look in but that doesn't mean their mating game is over instead their strategy is to abandon their own desires and support their high status sibling

The Best Wingmen in the...

 his abdomen will continue mating with her for several hours before all signs of life disappear the strategy may seem macabre but it

The Headless Mating...

 At last, she succumbs to his advances and allows him to mate with her.

Mate