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  • 31match — match1 [ mætʃ ] noun *** ▸ 1 stick for making fire ▸ 2 combination/attractive ▸ 3 when people compete ▸ 4 something that looks the same ▸ 5 marriage/partner ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a small stick that produces a flame when rubbed against a rough… …

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  • 32match — [[t]mæ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦ matches, matching, matched 1) N COUNT A match is an organized game of football, tennis, cricket, or some other sport. [mainly BRIT] He was watching a football match... France won the match 28 19. Syn: game 2) N COUNT A match is a …

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  • 33Match moving — In cinematography, match moving is a visual effects, cinematic techniques that allows the insertion of computer graphics into live action footage with correct position, scale, orientation, and motion relative to the photographed objects in the… …

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  • 34match — Synonyms and related words: Congreve, Congreve match, Olympic games, Olympics, a world without end bargain, accompany, accord, accumulate, adjust, admit of comparison, adversary, affiliation, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, agree, align,… …

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  • 35match — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lucifer, vesta; linstock, fuse; complement, equal, peer; contest, bout; union, matrimony. See equality, contention, marriage, synchronism, imitation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An instrument to produce… …

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  • 36match — I. noun Etymology: Middle English macche, from Old English gemæcca mate, equal; akin to Old English macian to make more at make Date: before 12th century 1. a. a person or thing equal or similar to another b. one able to cope with another c. an… …

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  • 37Match fixing — In organised sports, match fixing, game fixing, race fixing, or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in… …

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  • 38match — {{11}}match (n.1) stick for striking fire, late 14c., macche, wick of a candle or lamp, from O.Fr. meiche wick of a candle, from V.L. *micca/*miccia (Cf. Catalan metxa, Sp. mecha, It. miccia), probably ultimately from L. myxa, from Gk. myxa lamp… …

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  • 39Match race — A match race is a race between two competitors, going head to head. The term may be best known as a race between two sailing boats racing around a course. It is differentiated from a fleet race, which almost always involves three or more… …

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  • 40match */*/*/ — I UK [mætʃ] / US noun Word forms match : singular match plural matches 1) [countable] a small stick that produces a flame when rubbed against a rough surface, used for lighting a fire, cigarette etc a box of matches light/strike a match: He… …

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