Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To agree; to be equal; to correspond.

    Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.

    These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match.

    übereinstimmen, passen, (mathematisch) gleich sein

    совпада́тьsovpadátʹ, совпа́стьsovpástʹ, соотве́тствоватьsootvétstvovatʹ

    збіга́тисяzbihátysja, зійтисяzijtysja, відповіда́тиvidpovidáty

    be equal or harmonize

  2. (transitive)To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.

    His interests didn't match her interests.

    подходитьpodxoditʹ

    make correspond or harmonize

  3. (transitive)To equal or exceed in achievement.

    She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.

    ebenbürtig sein

    be equal to in quality or ability

  4. (transitive)To make a successful match or pairing.

    They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.

    matchen, einander zuordnen

    сопоставлятьsopostavljatʹ

  5. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

    to match boards

  6. (transitive)To be an example of a rule or regex.

    The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter.

  7. (obsolete)To unite in marriage, to mate.

    give or join in marriage

Examples

1033 sentences
  1. Our team won their match yesterday.

    Наша команда виграла вчора гру. — ascolto

  2. I saw the match on television.

    Я дивився матч по телевізору. — deniko

    ruЯ смотрел матч по телевизору. — ae5s

    deIch habe das Spiel im Fernsehen gesehen. — Manfredo

  3. I am no match for him.

    Я йому нерівня. — deniko

    ruЯ ему не пара. — Lenin_1917

    deIch bin ihm nicht gewachsen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom is no match for Mary.

    Том Мері не пара. — deniko

    ruТом не пара для Мэри. — corvard

  5. I watched a tennis match on TV.

    Я дивився теніс по телевізору. — everlasting

    ruЯ смотрел по телевизору теннисный матч. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
intransitive: to agree; to be equal:
Русский
By meaning 3
intransitive: to agree; to be equal:
transitive: to agree with; to be equal to:
make a successful pairing:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
intransitive: to agree; to be equal:
equal or exceed in achievement:
make a successful pairing:

Origin

From Middle English macchen (“to marry; be paired with”), from the noun (see above).

From Middle English macchen (“to marry; be paired with”), from the noun (see above).

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Forms

matches, matching, matched, matched
Base formmatch · to match
3rd person singularmatches
Present participlematching
Past simplematched
Past participlematched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymatch
he, she, itmatches

Past simpleLesson

all personsmatched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave matched
he, she, ithas matched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill match

Synonyms

21 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
to be equal:differB1

Word family

22 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
match — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto