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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"
18.nounA 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."