matching
/ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary.
Example Sentences
- "We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs."
- "[...] the Class 142s and 143s have at times sported a number of advertising liveries [...]. The two cars of Arriva Trains Wales 142081 were certainly not a matching pair when photographed in 2005."
- "I greet you across the miles and hold out my hand to you and wish you many sunlit days and matching moonlit nights."
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
matching numbers
gift matching
matching number
matching principle
matching theorem
maximum matching
pattern matching
perfect matching