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n. One that is exactly like another; a counterpart.

n. One that is like another in one or more specified qualities: He is John's match for bravery.

n. One that is able to compete equally with another: The boxer had met his match.

n. One that closely resembles or harmonizes with another: The napkins were a nice match for the tablecloth.

n. A pair, each one of which resembles or harmonizes with the other: The colors were a close match.

n. Sports A game or contest in which two or more persons, animals, or teams oppose and compete with each other: a soccer match.

n. Sports A tennis contest won by the player or side that wins a specified number of sets, usually two out of three or three out of five.

n. A marriage or an arrangement of marriage: a royal match.

n. A person viewed as a prospective marriage partner.

v. To be exactly like; correspond exactly.

v. To be like with respect to specified qualities.

v. To resemble or harmonize with: The coat matches the dress.

v. To adapt or suit so that a balanced or harmonious result is achieved; cause to correspond: You should match your deeds to your beliefs.

v. To find or produce a counterpart to: It's difficult to match the color of old paint.

v. To fit together or cause to fit together.

v. To join or give in marriage.

v. To place in opposition or competition; pit: She matched her skill against all comers.

v. To provide with an adversary or competitor.

v. To do as well as or better than in competition; equal.

v. To set in comparison; compare: beauty that could never be matched.

v. To provide funds so as to equal or complement: The government will match all private donations to the museum.

v. To flip or toss (coins) and compare the sides that land face up.

v. To couple (electric circuits) by means of a transformer.

verb-intransitive. To be a close counterpart; correspond.

n. A narrow piece, usually of wood or cardboard, coated on one end with a compound that ignites when scratched against a rough or chemically treated surface.

n. An easily ignited cord or wick, formerly used to detonate powder charges or to fire cannons and muzzle-loading firearms.

n. Sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

n. A marriage.

n. Suitability.

n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

v. To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

v. To make a successful match or pairing.

v. To equal or exceed in achievement.

v. To unite in marriage, to mate.

n. 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.

n. Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood or cardboard dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.

n. A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.

n. A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like.

n. A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; a sporting contest; an emulous struggle.

n. A matrimonial union; a marriage.

n. An agreement, compact, etc.

n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition, or one who provides equal competition to another in a contest.

n. Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else.

n. A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.

v. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.

v. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.

v. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

v. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with

v. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).

v. To marry; to give in marriage.

v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges.

verb-intransitive. To be united in marriage; to mate.

verb-intransitive. To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond.

n. A companion or fellow; a person or thing considered in comparison with another; one of a pair, or of a possible pair, as a married or marriageable man or woman, a competitor, or an agreeing or harmonizing object.

n. A person or thing that is equal to or on equal terms with another in any respect; one fit or qualified to mate or cope with another; a peer: as, I am no match for you in argument.

n. A pair; a couple; two persons, things, or sets mated or suited to each other: as, the horses are an exact match in height, color, or gait.

n. A mating or pairing; a coupling; a joining of two persons, things, or sets for any purpose.

n. An engagement for a contest or game; the contest or game itself: as, a match at billiards; a shooting-match; the terms of a match.

n. Hence An agreement or engagement in general; a bargain.

To mate or couple; bring together in association or cooperation; join in action, comparison, contest, or competition: as, they are well matched; to match coins in gaming; to match cruelty with cunning.

To join suitably or conformably; bring into agreement; make harmonious or correspondent: as, a pair of matched horses; to match the parts of a machine.

To be a match for; be able to compete with; equal: as, no one can match him in his specialty.

To furnish or show a match, counterpart, or competitor for; find or provide something to agree or harmonize with: as, to match combatants for any contest; to match a jewel or a ribbon.

To contend.

To form a union; become joined or mated, as in marriage.

To be of corresponding size, figure, or quality; tally; suit; harmonize; correspond: as, these colors do not match.—

n. The wick of a lamp or candle.

n. In general, anything that takes fire readily either from a spark or by friction, and is used for retaining, conveying, and communicating fire.

n. In a special sense, a slow-match having the form of a line or cord of indefinite length. See match-cord.

n. A match-lock musket.

To purify, as a vessel, by burning a match or matches in it.

In building, to bring to a uniform width or thickness by any process, either by sorting and arranging the material or by cutting down some pieces to correspond with others: thus, planks are said to be of matched width.

In logging. See mate, transitive verb, 3.

v. provide funds complementary to

v. be equal or harmonize

v. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

n. lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction

n. an exact duplicate

n. a pair of people who live together

n. a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete

n. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

n. the score needed to win a match

v. make correspond or harmonize

n. something that resembles or harmonizes with

n. a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

v. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

v. give or join in marriage

v. satisfy or fulfill

v. set into opposition or rivalry

n. a burning piece of wood or cardboard

v. be equal to in quality or ability

v. bring two objects, ideas, or people together

"Besides these fears, she considered that Vivian was the possessor of a large fortune; that his mother had with difficulty consented to this match; that he was very young, had seen but little of the world, and might, perhaps, in future, repent of having made, thus early in life, a _love match_."

matched    matches    matching   

furnish    provide    supply    render    conform    adjust    adapt    duplicate    duplication    score   

counterpart    marriage    equality    agreement    marry    equal    compare    oppose    fight    adapt   

matcher    matchup    match drill    matchy    overmatch    unmatch    mismatch   

equal    mate    marriage    marry    tally    suit    correspond    pair    duplicate    agree   

Rach    Thatch    Vlach    attach    batch    brach    catch    detach    dispatch    drach   

Sports   

game    contest    tournament    performance    event    trip    fight    engagement    one    player