match (noun)
1match game — noun an international championship match • Syn: ↑test match, ↑matched game • Hypernyms: ↑match * * * noun Etymology: match (I) 1 …
2match point — noun (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis) • Topics: ↑tennis, ↑lawn tennis • Hypernyms: ↑point * * * noun 1. : the last point needed to …
3match play — noun golf scoring by holes won • Hypernyms: ↑golf, ↑golf game * * * noun 1. : golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes compare medal play 2. : match game * * * …
4match|mak|er — match|mak|er1 «MACH MAY kuhr», noun. 1. a person who arranges, or tries to arrange, marriages for others. 2. a person who arranges contests, prize fights, races, or the like: »Sam Silverman, matchmaker for the independent Andy Callahan…booked the …
5match — Ⅰ. match [1] ► NOUN 1) a contest in which people or teams compete against each other. 2) an equal contender. 3) an exact equivalent. 4) a corresponding pair. 5) a potential husband or wife. 6) a marriage …
6match|mak|ing — match|mak|ing1 «MACH MAY kihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the practice of trying to arrange marriages. 2. the business of arranging or making matches for prize fighters, or of arranging other contests. –adj. having to do with matchmakers or… …
7match-fit — adj [not before noun] BrE a sports player who is match fit is well and fit enough to play >match fitness n [U] ▪ A question mark still hangs over Beckham s match fitness …
8match-cord — matchˈ cord noun (obsolete) A piece of rope used as a slow match • • • Main Entry: ↑match …
9match´less|ness — match|less «MACH lihs», adjective. so great or wonderful that it cannot be equaled: »Daniel Boone had matchless courage. SYNONYM(S): unequaled, peerless, unparalleled, unrivaled. –match´less|ly, adverb. –match´less|ness, noun …
10match´less|ly — match|less «MACH lihs», adjective. so great or wonderful that it cannot be equaled: »Daniel Boone had matchless courage. SYNONYM(S): unequaled, peerless, unparalleled, unrivaled. –match´less|ly, adverb. –match´less|ness, noun …