▸ noun: (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match. ▸ noun: Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority. ▸ noun: Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison. ▸ noun: A marriage. ▸ noun: A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. ▸ noun: Suitability. ▸ noun: Equivalence; a state of correspondence. ▸ noun: Equality of conditions in contest or competition. ▸ noun: A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics. ▸ noun: An agreement or compact. ▸ noun: (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond. ▸ verb: (transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to. ▸ verb: (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement. ▸ verb: (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing. ▸ verb: (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate. ▸ verb: To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges. ▸ verb: (transitive, programming) To be an example of a rule or regex. ▸ noun: A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
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