Match
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English
Noun
Match (plural Matches)- (sports) Sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
- Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- He knew he had met his match.
- A marriage.
- Suitability.
- Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
Verb
Match (third-person singular simple present matches, present participle matching, simple past and past participle matched)
- (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
- Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.
- These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match.
- (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
- They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.
- (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
- She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.
Noun
Match (plural Matches)- Device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
- He struck a match and lit his cigarette.
See also
- fire, lighter, cigarette lighter
- strike (to strike a match)
Verbs for Match
(fire) apply—; dip—; extinguish—; ignite—; impregnate—; quench—; scratch—; smother —; tip—; touch off—; —chars; —devours; —dies; —enkindles; —flickers; —fuses; — glows; —incinerates; —simmers; —singes; ——smoulders; —sputters.
Adjectives for Match
(general) brilliant; unwise; brief; ordinary; shameful; suitable; mad; rich; honorable; championship; unholy; inappropriate; love.
Verbs for Match
(parallel) arrange—; challenge to—; compete ; contest—; enter—; judge—; negotiate—; officiate at'—; promote—; prove—for; regulate—; scorn—; spurn—; view—; witness —; —corresponds; —duplicates; —mirrors; —parallels; —pairs; —resembles.
Adverbs for Match
equally; boldly; madly; rashly; foolhardily; brilliantly; unwisely; honorably; shamefully; improvidently.
Thesaurus
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