match

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Idioms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.2.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 See also 1.3.1.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Usage notes 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mætʃ/
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  Rhymes: -ætʃ

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[edit] Noun

match (plural matches)

1. (sports) Sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
2. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

   He knew he had met his match.

3. A marriage.
4. Suitability.
5. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
6. A pair of items with mutually suitable characteristics.

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• match made in heaven

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to match (third-person singular simple present matches, present participle matching, simple past and past participle matched)

1. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal.
2. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.

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

3. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.

   She matched him at every turn. Anything he could do, she could do better.

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• mismatch

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• mate

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French meiche, from Vulgar Latin micca (cf. Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa, from Greek myxa.

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match (plural matches)

1. Device made of wood or paper, coated with chemicals at the tip, that when dragged against a rough, dry surface of siliceous material, will ignite.

   He struck a match and lit his cigarette with a flourish.

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• fire, lighter, cigarette lighter.

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From English match.

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match m. (plural matches)

1. (sports) match

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Sometimes translated as rencontre (sportive).

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English

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match m. inv.

1. match (sports event)
2. horserace involving only two horses