Results for match

Definitions of match:

part of speech: noun

Anything which agrees with or suits another thing: an equal: one able to cope with another: a contest or game: a marriage: one to be gained in marriage.

part of speech: verb transitive

To equal successfully; to set against; as, he matched his ability against mine; to get a counterpart of, or the equal of.

part of speech: noun plural

A marriage.

part of speech: noun

Anything that readily takes fire, and is capable of setting fire to, or giving light; a slender piece of wood or piece of twisted fibre for igniting a candle or lamp; a lucifer.

part of speech: noun

One equal to another in strength or in some other quality; anything that equals another or tallies with it; a contest; a game; union by marriage; one about to be married.

part of speech: noun

MATCHER.

part of speech: noun

A short slender piece of wood or other material tipped with a mixture by means of which fire is procured; anything which agrees with, or is exactly like, another thing; an equal; game or contest; marriage; one to be gained in marriage.

part of speech: verb transitive

To be equal to: to be able to compete with: to find an equal to: to set against as equal: to suit: to give in marriage.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To agree with, or be like, each other.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To be of the same make, size, etc.

part of speech: verb

To equal; to oppose or set against as equal; to suit; to give in marriage; to be married; to tally.

part of speech: noun

A piece of inflammable material used for obtaining fire easily: a prepared rope for firing artillery, etc.: a lucifer.

part of speech: noun

A contest.

Usage examples for match:

• He dropped the dead match he was still holding and stared out of the window a moment. "The Moon out of Reach", Margaret Pedler

• Then suppose we change the figure, and say our match was made in heaven. "A Day Of Fate", E. P. Roe

• You believe that I will prove a match for him. "Winston of the Prairie", Harold Bindloss

• " She's more than our match if she's an enemy," said he. "Poor Jack", Frederick Marryat