Word Finder - matches

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A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

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My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.

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Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.

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Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

example

He knew he had met his match.

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A marriage.

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A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

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Suitability.

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Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

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Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

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A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

example

The carpet and curtains are a match.

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An agreement or compact.

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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.

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To agree; to be equal; to correspond.

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Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.

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To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.

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His interests didn't match her interests.

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To make a successful match or pairing.

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They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.

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To equal or exceed in achievement.

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She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.

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To unite in marriage, to mate.

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To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

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to match boards

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A 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.

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He struck a match and lit his cigarette.

synonyms

• spunk (obsolete)