Definitions for matches

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matches match

Spelling: [mach]

IPA: /mætʃ/

Matches is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 296 anagrams from letters in matches (acehmst).

Definitions for matches

noun

1. a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
2. a wick, cord, or the like, prepared to burn at an even rate, used to fire cannon, gunpowder, etc.
3. a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
4. a person or thing able to cope with another as an equal:
5. a person or thing that is an exact counterpart of another.
6. a corresponding, suitably associated, or harmonious pair:
7. Sports. a game or contest in which two or more contestants or teams oppose each other: a contest consisting of a specific number of sets:
8. any contest or competition that resembles a sports match:
9. a person considered with regard to suitability as a partner in marriage:
10. a matrimonial union; marriage:

verb (used with object)

1. to equal; be equal to:
2. to be the match or counterpart of; harmonize with:
3. to cause to correspond; adapt:
4. to fit together, as two things:
5. to fit (boards) together, side by side or end to end, with a tongue-and-groove or rabbeted joint.
6. to procure or produce an equal to:
7. to place in opposition or conflict:
8. to provide with an adversary or competitor of equal power:
9. to encounter as an adversary with equal power.
10. to prove a match for.
11. to unite in marriage; procure a matrimonial alliance for.
12. to toss (coins) into the air and then compare the matching or contrasting sides that land facing up, as for determining the winner of a bet.
13. to match coins with.

verb (used without object)

1. to be equal or suitable:
2. to correspond; be of corresponding size, shape, color, pattern, etc.:
3. Archaic. to ally oneself in marriage.

Origin of matches

1350-1400; Middle English macche wick Middle French meiche, Old French mesche Vulgar Latin *mesca lamp wick, metathetic variant of Latin myxa Greek mýxa mucus, nostril, nozzle of a lamp

Examples for matches

A season of Game of Thrones tells its story over ten hours, and only a video game adaptation could match or exceed that.

When he is awarded Player of the match while competing for India in England, he is given champagne at the ceremony.

We can also begin to plan our wardrobes to match our new and improved selves.

The trouble is, Pakistan kept losing its wars with India and is indeed no match for India.

The thing was outrageous to him, and he set himself to match her cunning.

What a dangerous character you'd be if you were sent to match silks!

They have journeyed far, sire, but they have never yet found their match.

"For axemen and for spearmen I have not seen their match," the archer answered.

She saw the flicker of the match across the street, and knew what it meant.

Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.