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1.nounA competitive 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.nounAny contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
3.nounSomeone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison."He knew he had met his match."
4.nounA marriage.
5.nounA candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
6.nounSuitability.
7.nounEquivalence; a state of correspondence.
8.nounEquality of conditions in contest or competition.
9.nounA pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics."The carpet and curtains are a match."
10.nounAn agreement or compact.
11.nounA perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
12.verbTo agree; to be equal; to correspond."Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together."
13.verbTo agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to."His interests didn't match her interests."
14.verbTo make a successful match or pairing."They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly."
15.verbTo equal or exceed in achievement."She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better."
16.verbTo unite in marriage, to mate.
17.verbTo fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges."to match boards"