match

/mæt͡ʃ/

noun

1
A competitive 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.”
2
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
3
Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
“He knew he had met his match.”
4
A marriage.
5
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
6
Suitability.
7
Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
8
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
9
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
“The carpet and curtains are a match.”
10
An agreement or compact.
11
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.
“Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.”
2
To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
“His interests didn't match her interests.”
3
To make a successful match or pairing.
“They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.”
4
To equal or exceed in achievement.
“She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.”
5
To unite in marriage, to mate.
6
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
“to match boards”

1
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.
“He struck a match and lit his cigarette.”

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