Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characteristic of or behaving as a companion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective companionlike.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
companion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like a companion
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Examples
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Why, then, is homosexual sex in the same context (a long-term companionate union) wrong (Macedo, 1995)?
Homosexuality Pickett, Brent 2006
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Ruth you called your companionate, a beauty from the bible, of the flushpots of Euston and the hanging garments of Maryle-bone.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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And very few people are going to give up the idea of companionate marriage completely.
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People who are into the idea of companionate marriage were fascinated by the peek into someone else's mostly functional relationship.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com webmaster@huffingtonpost.com 2012
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Until recently, researchers assumed that most couples eventually settle into what's called companionate love: relationships that are more intimate, more committed - and much less thrilling.
The Situationist 2010
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Until recently, researchers assumed that most couples eventually settle into what's called companionate love: relationships that are more intimate, more committed - and much less thrilling.
The Situationist 2010
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Until recently, researchers assumed that most couples eventually settle into what's called companionate love: relationships that are more intimate, more committed - and much less thrilling.
The Situationist 2010
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Until recently, researchers assumed that most couples eventually settle into what's called companionate love: relationships that are more intimate, more committed - and much less thrilling.
The Situationist 2010
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For example, the idea of companionate marriage acted as a hedge against the Roissys of the world, if you will.
WordPress.com News roissy 2008
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Blair, whose fictional reporting in 2002 on the Israeli fight against Palestinian terrorist in Jenin, took years to refute - Human Rights International, and even the U.N. issued reports refuting Blair's and the Palestinian bogus claims - extols the "companionate" release of the Libyan terrorist, and praises earlier British governments who ignored large-scale atrocities the world over, because the British national interest was on the side of the aggressors.
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld: Libyan Oil Is Thicker Than American Blood 2009
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