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- 1 A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.
"My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today."
- 2 A device made of wood or paper, having 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."
- 3 lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction wordnet
- 4 Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
"Ferrer his Taberd vvith rich Verry ſpred, / VVell knovvne in many a vvarlike match before; […]"
- 5 an exact duplicate wordnet
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- 6 Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
"He knew he had met his match."
- 7 a burning piece of wood or cardboard wordnet
- 8 A marriage.
- 9 something that resembles or harmonizes with wordnet
- 10 A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
"She […] was looked upon as the richest match of the West."
- 11 a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete wordnet
- 12 Suitability.
- 13 a pair of people who live together wordnet
- 14 Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
"The seat to window match is excellent and there are half-size partition screens between bays."
- 15 a person who is of equal standing with another in a group wordnet
- 16 Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
"It were no match, your nail against his horn."
- 17 a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect wordnet
- 18 A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
"The carpet and curtains are a match."
- 19 the score needed to win a match wordnet
- 20 An agreement or compact.
"Thy hand upon that match."
- 21 A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
- 1 To agree; to be equal; to correspond. intransitive
"Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together."
- 2 make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching wordnet
- 3 To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to. transitive
"His interests didn't match her interests."
- 4 be equal or harmonize wordnet
- 5 To equal or exceed in achievement. transitive
"She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better."
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- 6 make correspond or harmonize wordnet
- 7 To make a successful match or pairing. transitive
"They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly."
- 8 set into opposition or rivalry wordnet
- 9 To unite in marriage, to mate. obsolete
"[…]Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred."
- 10 bring two objects, ideas, or people together wordnet
- 11 To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
"to match boards"
- 12 give or join in marriage wordnet
- 13 To be an example of a rule or regex. transitive
"The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter."
- 14 provide funds complementary to wordnet
- 15 be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics wordnet
- 16 be equal to in quality or ability wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
From Middle English macchen (“to marry; be paired with”), from the noun (see above).
From Middle English macche, mecche (“wick (of a candle)”), from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “lamp wick”).
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