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Definition: Classmate |
ClassmateNoun1. An acquaintance that you go to school with. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "classmate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
Synonyms: ClassmateSynonyms: class fellow (n), schoolfellow (n), schoolmate (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Friend | Schoolmate, schoolfellow; classfellow, classman, classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Classmate |
| English words defined with "classmate": betray ♦ Classman ♦ denounce ♦ give away, grass ♦ peach, piggyback ♦ rat ♦ shop, snitch, stag ♦ tell on. (references) |
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| "Classmate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Classmate" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "classmate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shok klase (classfellow). (various references) | |
Arabic | زميل الدراسة, رفيق الصف. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съученик (classfellow, fellow, schoolfellow, schoolmate, stable companion). (various references) | |
Chinese | 同班同學 , 同學 , 同学 (schoolmate). (various references) | |
Czech | spolužák (class mate, classfellow, fellow student, mate, messmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate). (various references) | |
Farsi | همکلاس , هماموز. (various references) | |
Finnish | luokkatoveri. (various references) | |
French | compagne, camarade de classe. (various references) | |
German | klassenkamerad (class mate). (various references) | |
Greek | συμμαθητήσ (class fellow, class mate, schoolfellow, schoolmate), συμμαθητής. (various references) | |
Hungarian | osztálytárs (classfellow). (various references) | |
Indonesian | teman sekelas. (various references) | |
Italian | compagno di classe. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 級友 , 同級" , 同期" (graduates in the same class), クラスター分析 (class library, class magazine, class media, cluster analysis, clustering, clutch, clutch bag, clutch hitter, clutch pedal, crack, cracker, cracking, craft, craft design, craftsman, crash, crusher, crust). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうゆう (crony, old friend), どうきせい (graduates in the same class), どうきゅうせい, クラスメート , クラスメイト . (various references) | |
Manx | sheshey brastyl. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | assmateclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | colega de escola (schoolfellow, schoolmate), colega (colleague, companion, dick, fellow, friend, mate, playmate). (various references) | |
Russian | одноклассник (classfellow, class-fellow, schoolfellow). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | drug iz razreda (classfellow). (various references) | |
Spanish | compañero de clase. (various references) | |
Swedish | klasskamrat (class mate, classfellow, class-mate). (various references) | |
Turkish | sınıf arkadaşı. (various references) | |
Turkmen | klasdaю. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шкільний товариш (class fellow, schoolfellow), однокашник (chum, messmate, schoolfellow), однокласник (class fellow). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "classmate": classmates. (additional references) | |
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"Classmate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cascamite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "classmate" (pronounced kla"smā't) |
| 3 | -m ā' t | amalgamate, acclimate, automate, checkmate, decimate, dichromate, glutamate, inmate, overestimate, playmate, primate, roommate, schoolmate, shipmate, stalemate, teammate, underestimate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-m-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: lactases, maltases. | |
-2 letters: acetals, atlases, calesas, calmest, camases, camlets, castles, lactams, lactase, malates, maltase, matless, mescals, samlets, tamales. | |
-3 letters: acetal, alates, calesa, camass, camels, camlet, castes, castle, cestas, clasts, cleats, eclats, lactam, lamest, leasts, macles, malate, meatal, mescal, metals, samlet, scales, slates, smalts, smelts, stales, steals, steams, tamale, tamals, tassel, teslas. | |
-4 letters: aceta, acmes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-l-m-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: classmates. | |
+2 letters: emasculates, thalassemic. | |
+3 letters: acclimatises, emasculators, misallocates, sacramentals, thalassemics. | |
+4 letters: anecdotalisms, emasculations, galactosemias, miscalculates, osteomalacias, sacerdotalism. | |
+5 letters: dogmaticalness, ergastoplasmic, galactosamines, misarticulates, sacerdotalisms, sacramentalism, sacramentalist, systematically, theatricalisms. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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