Match Definition
match
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English macche, from Old English mæcca, from gemæcca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”)
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.
Derived terms
terms derived from match (etymology 1)
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Translations
sporting event
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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.
Derived terms
Translations
to agree; to equal
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See also
- mate
Etymology 2
From Old French meiche, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa, from Ancient Greek (myxa)
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.
Derived terms
terms derived from match (fire-starter)
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Translations
device to make fire
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French
Etymology
From English match.
Pronunciation
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audio (file)
Noun
match m. (plural matches or matchs)
Usage notes
Sometimes translated as rencontre (sportive).
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
English
Noun
match m. inv.
Swedish
Noun
match c.
Declension
Declension of match| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | match | matchen | matcher | matcherna |
| genitive | matchs | matchens | matchers | matchernas |
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A match is a tool for starting a fire under controlled conditions. A typical modern match is made of a small wooden stick or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Matches are usually sold in quantity; wooden ones are packaged in boxes, and paper matches are clustered in rows stapled into matchbooks. They are commonly sold by tobacconists and many other kinds of shops. The coated end of a match, known as the match "head," contains either phosphorus or phosphorus sesquisulfide as the active ingredient and gelatin as a binder. There are two main types of matches: safety matches, which can be struck only against a specially prepared surface, and strike-anywhere matches, for which any suitably frictional surface can be used. Matches in former times were often unsafe due to the use of acid and poisonous chemicals. Some match-like compositions, known as electric matches, are ignited electrically and do not make use of heat from friction.
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