match
noun
uk
/mætʃ/ us
/mætʃ/match noun (COMPETITION)
A2 [ C ] mainly UK (US usually game)
man/woman of the match UK
The goalkeeper was replaced by an impressive stand-in who went on to win woman of the match.
- The national anthems of the teams are played at the beginning of a big international football match.
- We spent the afternoon at a football match.
- Fans packed the stadium to watch the final match.
- England has to win tonight's qualifying match to go through to the next round of the competition.
- Only one goal was scored in the entire match.
- bathing beauty
- battle of wits idiom
- be a game of two halves idiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- bowl
- championship
- elimination tournament
- kickabout
- non-major
- omnium
- on your marks, get set, go! idiom
- postgame
- pre-meeting
- pro-am
- Rafferty's rules
- round robin
- starter
- under starter's orders idiom
match noun (EQUAL)
- a tough/tricky, etc. customer idiom
- be cast in the same mould idiom
- be of like mind idiom
- be of the same mind idiom
- be on the same wavelength idiom
- be the (living/spitting) image of someone idiom
- cast
- common
- customer
- dead ringer
- dead ringer for someone/something
- doppelgänger
- double
- it takes a thief to catch a thief idiom
- meeting
- mind
- soulmate
- step
- take after someone
- thief
match noun (SUITABLE)
[ S ]
If two people who are having a relationship are a good match, they are very suitable for each other:
Theirs is a match made in heaven (= a very good relationship).
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match
verb
uk
/mætʃ/ us
/mætʃ/match verb (EQUAL)
- The government has promised to match the money raised by the charity pound for pound.
- The severity of the punishment should match the seriousness of the crime.
- The teams were evenly matched until two quick goals from Robson tipped the balance in favour of England.
- Do you really think our team has a chance of matching their score?
- I'd like to match the total amount I raised in last year's marathon, at least.
- accord with something
- align
- axisymmetric
- balance (something) out/up
- balance of power
- harmoniously
- harmonization
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- never the twain shall meet idiom
- non-symmetrical
- nonequilibrium
- off balance
- on an even keel idiom
- top-heavy
- trade something off
- unbalance
- unharmonious
- well balanced
match verb (LOOK SIMILAR)
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