match

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English macche, from Old English mæcca, from gemæcca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”)

Noun [edit]

match (plural matches)

  1. (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.
  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 or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from match (etymology 1)
Translations [edit]
sporting event
attribute equaling or exceeding

Verb [edit]

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

  1. (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.
  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 as well or better.
  4. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to agree; to equal
make a successful pairing
equal or exceed in achievement
See also [edit]
A match.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old French meiche, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle", "curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek  (myxa, “lamp wick”)

Noun [edit]

match (plural matches)

  1. 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 [edit]
terms derived from match (fire-starter)
See also [edit]
Translations [edit]
device to make fire

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English match.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

match m (plural matches or matchs)

  1. (sports) match

Usage notes [edit]

Sometimes translated as rencontre (sportive).

Derived terms [edit]

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English

Noun [edit]

match m (invariable)

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

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

match c

  1. match

Declension [edit]

Declension of match
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative match matchen matcher matcherna
genitive matchs matchens matchers matchernas
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