match > 19 sensesNOUN | 1 | match, lucifer, friction match | Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical |
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2 | match | A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete |
3 | match | A burning piece of wood or cardboard |
4 | match, mate | An exact duplicate |
5 | match | The score needed to win a match |
6 | match, catch | A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect |
7 | match, peer, equal, compeer | A person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
8 | match, couple, mates | A pair of people who live together |
9 | match | Something that resembles or harmonizes with |
VERB | 1 | match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree | Be compatible, similar or consistent |
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2 | match | Provide funds complementary to |
3 | match, mate, couple, pair, twin | Bring two objects, ideas, or people together |
4 | match, equal, touch, rival | Be equal to in quality or ability |
5 | match, fit | Make correspond or harmonize |
6 | match, meet, cope with | Satisfy or fulfill |
7 | match | Give or join in marriage |
8 | match, pit, oppose, play off | Set into opposition or rivalry |
9 | match | Be equal or harmonize |
10 | match, equal, equalize, equalise, equate | Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching |
match > noun 7, personMeaning | A person who is of equal standing with another in a group. |
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Synonyms | peer, equal, compeer |
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Member of | peer group |
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Narrower | associate; contemporary, coeval; stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in; successor, replacement; townsman |
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Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |
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Verbs | match |
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match > verb 1, stativeMeaning | Be compatible, similar or consistent. Coincide in their characteristics. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
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Examples | "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
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Synonyms | fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree |
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Narrower | consist; look; answer; coincide; align; correlate; parallel; twin, duplicate, parallel; square; corroborate, underpin, bear out, support; resemble; meet, fit, conform to; homologize; befit, suit, beseem; harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree; pattern; adhere; rhyme, rime |
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Broader | equal, be |
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Contrary | disagree, disaccord, discord |
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Similar to | check, check out; harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree |
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Nouns | match |
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match > verb 10, changeMeaning | Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Examples | "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" |
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Synonyms | equal, equalize, equalise, equate |
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Narrower | homologize, homologise; homogenize, homogenise; tie, draw |
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Broader | change, alter, modify |
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Similar to | equal, touch, rival, match |
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