Usually means: Correspondence or competition between two parties.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 50 dictionaries that define the word match:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. match: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. match, match: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. match, match: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. match: Collins English Dictionary
  5. match: Vocabulary.com
  6. Match, match: Wordnik
  7. match: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. match: Wiktionary
  9. match: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. match: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. match: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Match, match: Dictionary.com
  13. match (1), match (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. match: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Match (DC Comics), Match (Marvel Comics), Match (chess), Match (dating website), Match (disambiguation), Match (drink), Match (film), Match (horse), Match (magazine), Match (supermarket), Match, The Match (ITV), The Match (TV programme), The Match (TV series), The Match (XLEAGUE.TV series), The Match (film), The Match: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Match: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. match: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. match: Rhymezone
  19. match, match (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. match: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. match: Free Dictionary
  22. match: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. match: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. match: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. match: Legal dictionary
  3. match: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. match: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  3. The Match, match, the Match: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. MATCH: Acronym Finder
  3. Match: Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. match: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. match, match: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Match: Backgammon
  2. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  4. Squash Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  6. Inter Badminton (No longer online)
  7. Match: Sports Definitions
  8. Badminton Terms (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. match: Search Engine Dictionary

(Note: See matched as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
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.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    red,     green,     blue,     yellow,     orange, more...



Word origin

Words similar to match

Usage examples for match

Idioms related to match

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing match

Words that often appear near match

Rhymes of match

Invented words related to match

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    red,     green,     blue,     yellow,     orange, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!