Mate may refer to:

Science

* Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in: **

Mate choice Mate choice is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution can occur. It is characterized by a "selective response by animals to particular stimuli" which can be observed as behavior.Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon. "Mate Choice." Mate Choic ...

, intersexual selection ** Mating *

Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein (MATE) also known as multidrug and toxin extrusion or multidrug and toxic compound extrusion is a family of proteins which function as drug/sodium or proton antiporters. Function The MATE proteins in bact ...

, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins

Person or title

Friendship Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "association", such as a classmate, neighbor, coworker, or colleague. In some cultures, the concept o ...

Mateship Mateship is an Australian cultural idiom that embodies equality, loyalty and friendship. Russel Ward, in ''The Australian Legend'' (1958), once saw the concept as central to the Australian people. ''Mateship'' derives from ''mate'', meaning ''fri ...

Mate (naval officer) A mate is a deck naval officer aboard a merchant vessel, such as the chief mate (first mate), second mate, or third mate. Between 1800 and 1890 "mate" was also the naval rank now known as sub-lieutenant—master. One of the mates is always the ...

Chief mate A chief mate (C/M) or chief officer, usually also synonymous with the first mate or first officer, is a licensed mariner and head of the deck department of a merchant ship. The chief mate is customarily a watchstander and is in charge of the shi ...

, also known as first mate ** Second mate ** Third mate *

Third (curling) In curling, a third (alternatively, vice, vice-skip or mate) is the team member who delivers the second-to-last pair of a team's stones in an end. The third is in charge of calling, strategy and directing the sweepers when the skip is delivering ...

, also known as a vice, vice-skip, or mate, the team member who delivers the second-to-last pair of a team's stones in an end

People

Given names

Mate (given name) Mate () is a Croatian given name, a variant of Matthew. Notable people with the name include: * Mate Balota (1898–1963), Croatian poet, novelist and economist * Mate Baturina (born 1973), Croatian football striker * Mate Bilić (born 1980), C ...

* Máté (given name)

Surname

Máté (surname) Máté is a surname of Hungarian language, Hungarian origin. WP:PEOPLE, Notable examples of the surname Máté include: People *Gábor Máté (athlete), Hungarian discus thrower *Gabor Maté, Gábor Máté (physician), a Hungarian-born Canadian ...

Beverages

* Mate (drink) (/ˈmɑːte/), made from the yerba mate plant ** Mate, a traditional South American container carved from a dried calabash * Mate de coca, or coca tea

Technology

* MATE (software) (/ˈmɑːteɪ/) stylised in capitals, a fork of GNOME 2 (desktop shell for desktop hardware) * Mate or mating condition, a synonym for constraints used in computer-aided design (CAD) * Huawei Mate series, a smartphone series by the Chinese company Huawei

Other uses

* Mate (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse * Mate (2019 film), a South Korean film * Mate (2021 film), an Australian short film * Mahte or Māte, epithet for goddesses in Latvian mythology * "Mate", shortened from

checkmate Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with ) and there is no possible escape. Checkmating the opponent wins the game. In chess, the king is ...

, a winning/losing situation in chess

Acronyms

* Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, or MATES, a high school in Manahawkin, New Jersey