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/mætʃ/
A competition where people or teams play against each other; or objects or colors that go well together.
Synonyms:
contest
competition
game
correspondence
alignment
Antonyms:
mismatch
clash
discord
Examples:
I lost the
match
today.
That shirt doesn't
match
your pants.
Etymology:
Derived from the Old English words
mǣc
or
mæcc
, meaning wrestling or contest, evolving through Middle English to denote a formal contest.
Usage Statistics:
45 mentions per 1 million words
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