match
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Noun 4 meanings
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
“The carpet and curtains are a match.”
Suitability.
Verb 4 meanings
To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
“Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.”
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.”
Etymology
From 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”).
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MATCH at a glance
MATCH has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + T 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #740 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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