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noun
1.
Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction.  Synonyms: friction match, lucifer.  "As long you've a lucifer to light your fag"
2.
A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete.
3.
A burning piece of wood or cardboard.
4.
An exact duplicate.  Synonym: mate.
5.
The score needed to win a match.
6.
A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect.  Synonym: catch.
7.
A person who is of equal standing with another in a group.  Synonyms: compeer, equal, peer.
8.
A pair of people who live together.  Synonyms: couple, mates.
9.
Something that resembles or harmonizes with.
verb
(past & past part. matched; pres. part. matching)
1.
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.  Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, tally.  "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" , "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
2.
Provide funds complementary to.
3.
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together.  Synonyms: couple, mate, pair, twin.  "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?" , "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
4.
Be equal to in quality or ability.  Synonyms: equal, rival, touch.  "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues" , "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
5.
Make correspond or harmonize.  Synonym: fit.
6.
Satisfy or fulfill.  Synonyms: cope with, meet.  "This job doesn't match my dreams"
7.
Give or join in marriage.
8.
Set into opposition or rivalry.  Synonyms: oppose, pit, play off.  "Pit a chess player against the Russian champion" , "He plays his two children off against each other"
9.
Be equal or harmonize.
10.
Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.  Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, equate.  "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"



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"Match" Quotes from Famous Books



... her away," said Sandy. "Me, I'm goin' into Herefo'd to-night. I aim to git a cook-book, interview Jim Plimsoll an' then bu'st his bank. One of you come erlong. Match fo' it." ...
— Rimrock Trail • J. Allan Dunn

... your old man myself, and sift and strain this matter clear—there will be none of it left. I have come here only for the look of the thing. A very likely thing! Here's my son living in happiness and expecting happiness, and I'll go and match him with a slut! No fear, I'm ...
— Redemption and Two Other Plays • Leo Tolstoy et al

... of a coward," answered Serafina laughingly, "and will do my best to reassure this timid little Isabelle. As to our duenna,—she is something of a sorceress herself, and if the devil in person should make his appearance he would meet his match ...
— Captain Fracasse • Theophile Gautier

... was not due entirely to my superiority as a player. It was due in part to what I considered unfair treatment; and the fact well illustrates a certain trait of character which has often stood me in good stead. Among the spectators at the final match of the tournament were several girls. These schoolmates, who lived in my neighborhood, had mistaken for snobbishness a certain boyish diffidence for which few people gave me credit. When we passed each other, almost daily, this group of girls and I, our mutual ...
— A Mind That Found Itself - An Autobiography • Clifford Whittingham Beers

... fluent witt interpret Why she procastinatts your promisd match? By this light, her daughter would be married tomorrow If her mother and I had ...
— A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. II • Various


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