soul mate
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- noun
- /soʊl meɪt/
:
alma gemela
- I was like I finally met my soul mate.
- find a soul mate
- meet a soul mate
- look for a soul mate
Or if you've got a creative soul mate who just gets it, you can read it aloud to them.
- Or if you've got a creative soul mate who just gets it, you can read it aloud to them.
- Now of course not every male female friend combo out there are soul mates or secretly in love with each other.
- After all, aren't soul mate stories passionate and worth fighting for and even justifying the highs and lows?
- I love you, I want you, you are my everything, you are my soul mate.
- Turns out him and her best friend are like soul mates and she really wants her best friend to date this guy.
- So you think in life it's a higher chance for you to be single than it is for you to find your your soul mate?
- If you have a soul mate, that means that through life after life after life, somehow you are coming together.
- And yeah, she was like my yeah, she's my soul mate.
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I really start to believe in them, in true love, in soul mates.
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After years of searching, I finally found my soul mate who shares my passions and dreams.
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Would you rather spend your time with your soul mate than at work?
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Do you believe in soul mates?
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I mean, we're soul mates.
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Such joy we both seemed to feel at last meeting our soul mate.
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Rachel and I have been soul mates since the beginning.
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I feel like you're my soul mate.
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You're my best friend, my soul mate.
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Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
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Synonyms
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A husband, wife, or long-term companion in a romantic relationship
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A person or thing that is suitable for another, for example as a life partner
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A man who is someone's romantic partner or boyfriend
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One of two matching things that form a pair
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3.0
The person someone cares for most and wants to be with
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A person who feels a deep connection and shares your interests and values
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A marriage or romantic relationship where both people love each other
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The best person or thing to be with that helps you
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The person someone loves most and wants to spend their life with
A person someone cares for deeply and wants to be with
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'soul' (the inner or essential self) + 'mate' (a partner), so a learner who knows both constituents will likely infer a partner with a deep or natural affinity. This compound is also mirrored in many languages (e.g. Spanish 'alma gemela', French 'âme sœur'), supporting its compositional and easily inferable nature.
Etymology
Soul mate comes from an old story that people were once split in two and spent their lives looking for their other half. With the picture of a soul finding its mate, the phrase now means a person who 'fits you perfectly' as a close friend or romantic partner.