Schoolmate
/ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
Sentence Examples
My schoolmate is holding a map of Beijing in his hand.
Tom was a schoolmate of mine. We were both in the basketball team.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
My old ____ met me for lunch and we remembered our teacher.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She bumped into an old ____ at the reunion and they spent hours catching up.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English school English -mate English schoolmate From school + -mate.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates."
— 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introduction”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
My old ____ met me for lunch and we remembered our teacher.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She bumped into an old ____ at the reunion and they spent hours catching up.