match

  1. Noun.  (sport) Sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
  2. Noun.  Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
  3. Noun.  A marriage.
  4. Noun.  Suitability.
  5. Noun.  Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
  6. Noun.  A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
  10. Noun.  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.

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