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Grammar : Adj
Spell : mach
Phonetic Transcription : mætʃ



Definition of matching

Origin :
  • "to join one to another" (originally especially in marriage), late 14c., from match (n.2). Meaning "to place (one) in conflict with (another)" is from c.1400. That of "to pair with a view to fitness" is from 1520s; that of "to be equal to" is from 1590s. Related: Matched; matching.
  • adj corresponding, equal
Example sentences :
  • Her bracelets, matching the neckchain, completed her rich toilet.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • It can be done by matching 149 them with club for club, meeting for meeting, speech for speech.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • We're dead on his tail, five hundred miles back, and matching velocity.
  • Extract from : « Slingshot » by Irving W. Lande
  • Your surgeon will have no difficulty in matching the hands to the men.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Here for the first time there is a matching of fighting forces.
  • Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times
  • He welcomed the opportunity of matching them once more against the world.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • Mrs Howell might envy me, if she still ‘cannot sleep for matching of worsteds.’
  • Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau
  • It was just as good as matching nickels and involved less exertion.
  • Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
  • I am matching your ties and socks for your bottle-green suit, sir.
  • Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke
  • Matching and imitation of hues (using stuffs, crayons, and paints).
  • Extract from : « A Color Notation » by Albert H. Munsell

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