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Match

/mæt͡ʃ/

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

📖 Definitions of "Match"

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.

verb

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."

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