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What does the word mate mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To join, or be joined, as mates.

Part of speech: verb transitive

In chess, to checkmate.

Part of speech: noun

A companion; husband; wife; match.

Part of speech: noun

An officer of a merchant ship ranking below a captain.

Part of speech: noun

In chess, a checkmate.

Usage examples for mate

I know of no savage custom or habit of thought which has not its mate in civilized countries. – A Cynic Looks at Life Little Blue Book #1099 by Ambrose Bierce
They hanged my mate. – A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr
Thus the Sitares in the perfect state live long enough only to mate and to lay their eggs. – The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Jean Henri Fabre

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