match
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiorityAny contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
» Our team won their match yesterday.
Наша команда виграла вчора гру.
Meaning
14 sensesAny contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
Spiel, Wettspiel, Wettkampf
матчmatč, соревнова́ниеsorevnovánije, состяза́ниеsostjazánije
матчmatč, змага́нняzmahánnja
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
The carpet and curtains are a match.
a match made in heaven
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
He knew he had met his match.
ebenbürtig
ро́вняróvnja, ровня́rovnjá, па́раpára
рі́вняrívnja
Equivalence; a state of correspondence; a counterpart.
An agreement or compact.
A marriage.
A marriage.
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Suitability.
A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
A small wooden stick specially treated with chemicals to produce flame upon contact with another chemical, from the frictional heat produced by striking it against a surface, or both; other similar items made from chemically-treated paper, cardboard, etc.
He struck a match and lit his pipe.
- lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- an exact duplicate
- a burning piece of wood or cardboard
- something that resembles or harmonizes with
Examples
1033 sentencesOur team won their match yesterday.
Наша команда виграла вчора гру.
I saw the match on television.
Я дивився матч по телевізору.
ruЯ смотрел матч по телевизору.
deIch habe das Spiel im Fernsehen gesehen.
I am no match for him.
Я йому нерівня.
ruЯ ему не пара.
deIch bin ihm nicht gewachsen.
Tom is no match for Mary.
Том Мері не пара.
ruТом не пара для Мэри.
I watched a tennis match on TV.
Я дивився теніс по телевізору.
ruЯ смотрел по телевизору теннисный матч.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wifFrom Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
From Middle English macche, mecche (“wick (of a candle)”), from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “lamp wick”).
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Forms
plural: matchesSynonyms
24 synonyms- lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction:luciferfriction match
- an exact duplicate:mate
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect:catch
- a pair of people who live together:couplemates
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group:peerequalcompeer
Word family
98 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Hobbies and sport — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- the tennis match
- no match for
- tennis match
- matching t shirts
- a perfect match
- wear matching
- play with matches
- struck a match
- is no match
- won the match
- perfect match
- no match