Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.

    Eheanbahnung, Heiratsvermittlung, Kuppelei

    сватовство́svatovstvó, сва́таниеsvátanije

    сва́танняsvátannja

  2. (countable, uncountable)A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.

More definitions
  • mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom is doing a little matchmaking.

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  2. Tatoeba.org is not a site for friendly conversation, flirting, nor matchmaking.

    ruTatoeba.org - это сайт не для дружеской беседы, флирта и сватовства.

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  3. They deserve a Nobel Prize in matchmaking.

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  4. Matchmaking has always been Rima's hobby.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other:
Русский
By meaning 1
attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other:

Origin

From match + making.

From match + making.

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Forms

plural: matchmakings

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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