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match
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæt??/
- Rhymes: -æt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English matche, metche, macche, mecche, mache, meche, from Old English mæ??a, ?emæ??a, secondary forms of Old English maca, ?emaca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-Germanic *makkô, *gamakkô, *makô, *gamakô (“an equal; comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Cognate with Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
Noun
match (plural matches)
- (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
- Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
- 1603, Michael Drayton. The Barons' Wars
- many a warlike match
- A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.
- 1603, Michael Drayton. The Barons' Wars
- Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- He knew he had met his match.
- A marriage.
- A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- She […] was looked upon as the richest match of the West.
- Suitability.
- Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
- The carpet and curtains are a match.
- An agreement or compact.
- 1660 (first published), Robert Boyle, Seraphic Love
- Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.
- 1660 (first published), Robert Boyle, Seraphic Love
- (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.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- competition
- game
- set
- tournament
Verb
match (third-person singular simple present matches, present participle matching, simple past and past participle matched)
- (intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
- (transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
- (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
- (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1:
- […] Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.
- A senator of Rome survived,
Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
- A senator of Rome survived,
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1:
- To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- mate
Etymology 2
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek ???? (múxa, “lamp wick”).
Noun
match (plural matches)
- 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.
- Synonym: spunk (obsolete)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- fire, lighter, cigarette lighter
- strike (to strike a match)
French
Etymology
From English match.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat?/
Noun
match m (plural matchs)
- (sports) match, game
Usage notes
Sometimes translated as rencontre (sportive).
Derived terms
- match nul
- Paris Match
Further reading
- “match” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English match.
Noun
match m (invariable)
- match (sports event)
- horserace (involving only two horses)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
match
- imperative of matche
Spanish
Noun
match m (plural matches)
- match (sporting event)
Swedish
Noun
match c
- match
Declension
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concord
English
Etymology 1
From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?n.k??d/, /?k??.k??d/
Noun
concord (countable and uncountable, plural concords)
- A state of agreement; harmony; union.
- (obsolete) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- the concord made between King Henry II and Roderick O'Connor
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person or case.
- (law, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
After Concord, Massachusetts, where the variety was developed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?n.k??d/
Noun
concord (plural concords)
- A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
Etymology 3
From French concorder, from Latin concord?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?k??d/
Verb
concord (third-person singular simple present concords, present participle concording, simple past and past participle concorded)
- (intransitive) To agree; to act together
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edward Hyde Clarendon to this entry?)
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