match
/mæt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
Example Sentences
- "Ferrer his Taberd vvith rich Verry ſpred, / VVell knovvne in many a vvarlike match before; […]"
- "A solemn match was made; he lost the prize."
- "My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today."
- "Can you play billiards? / Yes, do you wish to have a match with me? / Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure. We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble."
- "It were no match, your nail against his horn."
- "The carpet and curtains are a match."
Etymology
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
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Wiktionary places this term in Sports.