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match

verb

/mætʃ/

Meaning

to be equal to something; to find something that corresponds to another

A contest between people or teams; to pair or correspond with something.

The colors of her dress match perfectly with her shoes.

The two teams will play a football match tomorrow.

perfect match

correspond, equal, suit, fit, contest, game, pair, partner, counterpart

Entry 1

correspond, equal, suit, fit

Entry 2

contest, game, pair, partner, counterpart

differ, clash, mismatch, contradict, imbalance

Entry 1

differ, clash, mismatch, contradict

Entry 2

mismatch, imbalance

match colors, match clothes, match expectations, match skills, perfect match, football match, match the color, match made in heaven

Entry 1

match colors, match clothes, match expectations, match skills, perfect match

Entry 2

football match, match the color, match made in heaven

agreement or harmony; to grant or give recognition

To test or analyze the quality, purity, or content of a substance; the act of such testing.

The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise; to begin or become apparent.

to organize or carry out; or a person's behavior

A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime; to imprison.

a visible mass of condensed water vapor in the sky; to make something less clear