match1

noun

• 1a contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport:a boxing match

• 2a person or thing able to contend with another as an equal in quality or strength:they were no match for the trained mercenaries

• 3a person or thing that resembles or corresponds to another:the child’s identical twin would be a perfect match for organ donation
• Computing a string that fulfills the specified conditions of a computer search.
• a pair that corresponds or is very similar:the headdresses and bouquet were a perfect match
• the fact or appearance of corresponding:stones of a perfect match and color

• 4a person viewed in regard to their eligibility for marriage, especially as regards class or wealth:he was an unsuitable match for any of their girls
• a marriage:a dynastic match

verb

• 1correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious: [with object]:we bought green and blue curtains to match the bedspread she matched her steps to his [no object]:the jacket and pants do not match
• team (someone or something) with someone or something else appropriate or harmonious:they matched suitably qualified applicants with institutions that had vacancies she was trying to match the draperies to the couch

• 2be equal to (something) in quality or strength:his anger matched her own
• succeed in reaching or equaling (a standard or quality):he tried to match her nonchalance
• equalize (two coupled electrical impedances) so as to bring about the maximum transfer of power from one to the other.

• 3place (a person or group) in contest or competition with another:the big names were matched against nobodies (as adjective, with submodifier matched)evenly matched teams