match
What is the Definition of match?
Noun:
- lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
- a burning piece of wood or cardboard
- an exact duplicate
- the score needed to win a match
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- a pair of people who live together
- something that resembles or harmonizes with
Verb:
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- provide funds complementary to
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- be equal to in quality or ability
- make correspond or harmonize
- give or join in marriage
- set into opposition or rivalry
- be equal or harmonize
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
How can I use match in a sentence?
He kept threatening to tell her what really bit me — I have told her it was a dog, but I do not think she believes me — I should not have hit him at the Quidditch match, that is why he is doing this.
The day before Harry's first Quidditch match the three of them were out in the freezing courtyard during break, and she had conjured them up a bright blue fire that could be carried around in a jam jar.
He tried to empty his mind — he needed to sleep, he had to, he had his first Quidditch match in a few hours – but the expression on Snape's face when Harry had seen his leg was not easy to forget.
Ron and Hermione, meanwhile, had found a place in the stands next to Neville, who could not understand why they looked so grim and worried, or why they had both brought their wands to the match.
By the end of the lesson, only Hermione Granger had made any difference to her match; Professor McGonagall showed the class how it had gone all silver and pointy and gave Hermione a rare smile.
Other meanings of match (synonyms, cognates).
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| matchbox |
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| matching |
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| matching components |
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| matching contribution |
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| matching parentheses |
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| matching principle |
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| matching word |
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| matchless |
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| matchmaker |
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