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noun matches
    1. A formal contest or game.
      Thesaurus: contest, competition, event, sport, game, race, bout.
    2. A person or thing that is similar or identical to, or combines well with, another.
      Thesaurus: equivalent, counterpart, analogue, equal, peer, replica, duplicate, copy.
      Form: a match for someone (especially)
      Form: a match for something
    3. A person or thing able to equal, or surpass, another.
      Example: met his match
    4. A partnership or pairing; a suitable partner, eg in marriage.
      Thesaurus: mate, partner, twin, double.
    5. A condition of exact agreement, compatibility or close resemblance, especially between two colours.
verb matches, matched, matching
    tr & intr
    1. To combine well; to be well suited, compatible or exactly alike; to put (matching people, colours, things, etc) together.
      Thesaurus: liken, equate, correspond; coordinate, pair, mate, unite, go with, go together; agree, accord; Antonym: separate, clash.
      Form: match up (also)
      Form: match something up
    2. To set (people or things) in competition; to hold them up in comparison.
    3. To be equal to something; to make, produce, perform, etc an equivalent to something.
      Example: cannot match, let alone beat, the offer
      Thesaurus: rival, compete, contend, oppose, vie, pit against, be on a level with.
    4. electronics.
      To make the impedances of (two circuits) equal, so as to produce maximum transfer of energy.
Derivative: matchable
adj
    Derivative: matching
    adj
      Similar; compatible; part of the same set.
        Example: a matching pair
        Thesaurus: comparable, analogous, parallel, equal, corresponding, duplicate, equivalent, identical, same, similar, twin; Antonym: clashing, different.
    Idiom: be a match for someone
      To be as good at something as them; to be as successful, strong, forceful, etc as them.
    Idiom: meet one's match
      To have to deal with someone who is able to resist one successfully.
      To meet, or have to compete with, someone who is as good as or better at something than one is oneself.
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon gemæcca a mate or companion.



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