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The Meaning of match
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(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 dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
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(v.) A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
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(v.) 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
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(v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
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(v.) A matrimonial union; a marriage.
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(v.) An agreement, compact, etc.
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(v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
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(v.) Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
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(v.) Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
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(v.) 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.
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(v. t.) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
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(v. t.) To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.
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(v. t.) To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).
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(v. t.) To marry; to give in marriage.
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(v. t.) To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.
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(v. i.) To be united in marriage; to mate.
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(v. i.) To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
Synonyms
lucifer
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friction match
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mate
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catch
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peer
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equal
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compeer
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couple
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mates
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fit
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correspond
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check
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jibe
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gibe
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tally
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agree
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mate
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couple
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pair
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twin
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equal
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touch
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rival
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fit
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meet
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cope with
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pit
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oppose
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play off
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equal
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equalize
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equalise
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equate
Antonyms
disagree
Homophones
mache
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matsch
Rhymes
attach
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bache
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batch
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brach
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bratsch
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catch
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cratch
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detach
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dispatch
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drach
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flach
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fratch
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gach
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gatch
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hach
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hatch
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krach
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lach
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lache
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latch
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latsch
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mache
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matsch
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mismatch
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natch
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overmatch
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patch
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potlatch
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ratch
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reattach
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rematch
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scratch
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slatch
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smatch
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snatch
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stach
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tache
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tatsch
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thach
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thatch
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tkach
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unattach
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vlach