- match
- [[t]mæ̱tʃ[/t]]
♦1) N-COUNT A match is an organized game of football, tennis, cricket, or some other sport. [mainly BRIT]
He was watching a football match...
France won the match 28-19.
Syn:2) N-COUNT A match is a small wooden stick with a substance on one end that produces a flame when you rub it along the rough side of a matchbox....a packet of cigarettes and a box of matches.
3) V-RECIP-ERG If something of a particular colour or design matches another thing, they have the same colour or design, or have a pleasing appearance when they are used together.[V n] `The shoes are too tight.' - `Well, they do match your dress.'...
[pl-n V] All the chairs matched...
[V n to/with n] You don't have to match your lipstick exactly to your outfit...
[V pl-n] Mix and match your tableware and textiles from the new Design House collection.
PHR-V-ERGMatch up means the same as match.V P with/to n
The pillow cover can match up with the sheets... V n P with/to n Because false eyelashes come in various lengths and shades, it's so easy to match them up with your own.4) V-RECIP-ERG If something such as an amount or a quality matches with another amount or quality, they are both the same or equal. If you match two things, you make them the same or equal.[pl-n V] Their strengths in memory and spatial skills matched...
[V with n] Our value system does not match with their value system.
[V n with n] ...efforts to match demand with supply by building new schools. [Also V pl-n]
5) V-RECIP-ERG If one thing matches another, they are connected or suit each other in some way.[V n with/to n] The students are asked to match the books with the authors...
[V n with/to n] We will try to match you to employers with the vacancies you are looking for...
[V pl-n] It can take time and effort to match buyers and sellers...
[pl-n V] The sale would only go ahead if the name and number matched...
[V with n] If the figure matches with the target dividend declared in the paper you win or share the prize money.
PHR-V-RECIP-ERGMatch up means the same as match. The consultant seeks to match up jobless professionals with small companies in need of expertise... V n P with n They compared the fat intake of groups of vegetarians and meat eaters, and matched their diets up with levels of harmful blood fats... pl-n V P My sister and I never really matched up... Also V P pl-n V P to/with n I'm sure that yellow lead matched up to that yellow socket.6) N-SING: adj N If a combination of things or people is a good match, they have a pleasing effect when placed or used together.Helen's choice of lipstick was a good match for her skin-tone...
Moina was a perfect match for him.
7) VERB If you match something, you are as good as it or equal to it, for example in speed, size, or quality.[V n] They played some fine attacking football, but I think we matched them in every department...
[V n] His record has never been matched.
Syn:8) VERB In a sport or other contest, if you match one person or team against another, in sports or other contests, you make them compete with each other to see which one is better.[V n with/against n] The finals of the Championship begin today, matching the United States against France...
[V n with/against n] Lewis is matched against the WBO's heavyweight champion, Tommy Morrison.
9) → See also , matching10) PHRASE: V inflects If you meet your match, you find that you are competing or fighting against someone who you cannot beat because they are as good as you, or better than you.I had finally met my match in power and intellect.
11) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR n If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.I was no match for a man with such power...
Hand-held guns proved no match for heavy armor.
Phrasal Verbs:- match up
English dictionary. 2008.
