Definition of Match

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Definition of Match

match

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.

A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.

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

A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.

A matrimonial union; a marriage.

An agreement, compact, etc.

A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.

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.

To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.

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.

To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

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.

To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).

To marry; to give in marriage.

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.

To be united in marriage; to mate.

To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.

Alt. of race

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Match Quotations

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
Muhammad Ali

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
John F. Kennedy

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
Joseph Campbell

She's a big-hearted girl with hips to match.
Henny Youngman

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
Emo Philips

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
Fred Allen

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
Everett Dirksen

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
William Faulkner

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
Mia Hamm

Match Translations

match in Afrikaans is wedstryd, vuurhoutjie
match in Dutch is lucifer
match in Finnish is tulitikku
match in French is s'entremettre, match, allumette, concorder
match in Italian is fiammifero
match in Norwegian is fyrstikk
match in Spanish is correspondencia, cerilla, cerilla, concordar

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