Usually means: Companion, partner in various contexts.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word mate:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. mate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mate: Merriam-Webster
  3. mate, mate, mate, mate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mate, mate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mate: Vocabulary.com
  7. Mate, mate: Wordnik
  8. -mate, mate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. mate: Wiktionary
  10. mate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. mate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. mate: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. mat.e, mate: Dictionary.com
  14. mate (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. mate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. MATE (desktop environment), MATE (software), MATE, Mate (beverage), Mate (colloquialism), Mate (disambiguation), Mate (drink), Mate (film), Mate (given name), Mate (horse), Mate (naval officer), Mate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Mate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. mate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. mate: Rhymezone
  20. mate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. mate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Mate: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. mate: FreeDictionary.org
  24. mate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. -mate, mate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. -mate, mate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mate (colloquialism), -mate, mate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. mate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Mate: Glossary of Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products
  4. -mate: Medical dictionary
  5. mate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. MATE: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. -mate, mate: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mate: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. mate: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  4. Mate, Mate: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See mated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
noun:  (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
noun:  (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
noun:  (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
noun:  (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
noun:  (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
noun:  (nautical) A first mate.
noun:  A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
noun:  The other member of a matched pair of objects.
noun:  A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
verb:  (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
verb:  (intransitive) To copulate.
verb:  (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
verb:  (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
verb:  (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
verb:  (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
verb:  (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
verb:  (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
verb:  (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
verb:  (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
verb:  (obsolete) To confuse; to confound.
noun:  The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
noun:  A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
noun:  (chess) Clipping of checkmate. [The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.]
verb:  (chess) Clipping of checkmate. [(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis). [(countable) An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.]

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