match
/mæt͡ʃ/ verb B1- 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.
- To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to. · His interests didn't match her interests.
- To equal or exceed in achievement. · She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.
- To make a successful match or pairing. · They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.
- To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges. · to match boards
- To be an example of a rule or regex. · The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter.
He/she/it matches · Past matched · Past participle matched · -ing form matching
Verb forms
- Base form
- match
- He/she/it
- matches
- Past
- matched
- Past participle
- matched
- -ing form
- matching
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The presence of the gipsies, and the use of the word ‘band,’ which was used by the poor girl, no doubt, to explain the appearance which she had caught a hurried glimpse of by the light of her match, were sufficient to put me upon an entirely wrong scent.
It’s brown, to match the dress.
The instant that we heard it, Holmes sprang from the bed, struck a match, and lashed furiously with his cane at the bell-pull.
I had gone on the quay to match a piece of mulberry cloth, when I met friend Danglars.
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