match-up matchup | the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition, it was a good match-up but the home team won, we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools |
match play | golf scoring by holes won |
love match | a marriage for love's sake, not an arranged marriage |
kitchen match | a wooden friction match that will light on any granular surface, useful to light wood or gas stoves |
match lucifer friction match | lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical, ignites with friction, he always carries matches to light his pipe, as long you've a lucifer to light your fag |
match mate | an exact duplicate, when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook |
match | a burning piece of wood or cardboard, if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode |
match plane tonguing and grooving plane | a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards |
safety match book matches | a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface |
slow match | match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly |
match | something that resembles or harmonizes with, that tie makes a good match with your jacket |
text-matching | a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text, Google uses text-matching to find web pages containing a particular text |
boxing match | a match between boxers, usually held in a boxing ring |
chess match | a match between chess players |
cricket match | a match between two cricket teams |
match | a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete |
tennis match | a match between tennis players |
test match match game matched game | an international championship match |
wrestling match | a match between wrestlers |
sparring match | a practice or exhibition boxing match |
couple mates match | a pair of people who live together, a married couple from Chicago |
peer equal match compeer | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
catch match | a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect |
matching funds | funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources |
match | the score needed to win a match |
match point | (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis) |
equal match equalize equalise equate | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching, let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office, The company matched the discount policy of its competitors |
match | be equal or harmonize, The two pieces match |
match fit | make correspond or harmonize, Match my sweater |
pit oppose match play off | set into opposition or rivalry, let them match their best athletes against ours, pit a chess player against the Russian champion, He plays his two children off against each other |
match mate couple pair twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together, This fact is coupled to the other one, Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?, The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project |
match | give or join in marriage |
match | provide funds complementary to, The company matched the employees' contributions |
meet match cope with | satisfy or fulfill, meet a need, this job doesn't match my dreams |
match fit correspond check jibe gibe tally agree | be compatible, similar or consistent, coincide in their characteristics, The two stories don't agree in many details, The handwriting checks with the signature on the check, The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun |
equal touch rival match | be equal to in quality or ability, Nothing can rival cotton for durability, Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues, Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents |
coordinated co-ordinated matching | intentionally matched, curtains and walls were color coordinated |
duplicate matching twin(a) twinned | being two identical |