English-Russian translations for match

Definition of match

  • A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match
  • Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority
  • Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison
  • A marriage
  • Suitability
  • Equality of conditions in contest or competition
  • A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics
  • An agreement or compact
  • 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
  • To agree; to be equal; to correspond
  • To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to
  • To make a successful match or pairing
  • To equal or exceed in achievement
  • To unite in marriage, to mate
  • To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges
  • A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged against a rough dry surface

Examples

  • My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
  • He knew he had met his match.
  • The carpet and curtains are a match.
  • Their interests didnt match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together
  • These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they dont match
  • His interests didnt match her interests
  • They found out about his color-blindness when he couldnt match socks properly
  • She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better
  • to match boards
  • He struck a match and lit his cigarette

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