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match I [] 1) a formal game or sports event in which people, teams, etc., compete to win
2) a person or thing able to provide competition for another she's met her match in talking ability
3) a person or thing that resembles, harmonizes with, or is equivalent to another in a specified respect that coat is a good match for your hat 4) a person or thing that is an exact copy or equal of another
5) a) a partnership between a man and a woman, as in marriage b) an arrangement for such a partnership
6) a person regarded as a possible partner, as in marriage (mainly )
7) to fit (parts) together to match the tongue and groove of boards
8) (also ; sometimes foll by up) to resemble, harmonize with, correspond to, or equal (one another or something else) the skirt matches your shoes well
9) (sometimes foll by with or against) to compare in order to determine which is the superior they matched wits
10) (often foll by to or with) to adapt so as to correspond with to match hope with reality
11) (often foll by with or against) to arrange a competition between 12) to find a match for
13) electronics to connect (two circuits) so that their impedances are equal or are equalized by a coupling device, to produce a maximum transfer of energy
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