match

IPA: mˈætʃ

(sports) 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.
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Suitability.
Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
An agreement or compact.
(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.
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.

(intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
(transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
(obsolete) 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.
(transitive, programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.

Examples of "match" in Sentences

David Boon was man of the match.
The match continued on the Friday.
The match was subsequently rescheduled.
Match the police response to the demonstration.
The match and the fuse together both pilot the fire.
Rubbing the match on the matchbook made the match light.
The match was back and forth for the first half of the match.
The lock now has a new set of tumblers matched to the new key.
The match featured a aggregation of storylines going into the match.
The newly formed couple seems well matched, as they spent the first ten minutes of their segment objectifying each other.