/mætʃ/
Translation
A game between two players or two teams.
Word origin
From Old English gemaecca, meaning a mate or an equal, so a match is two things of the same worth.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- gemaecca
- English cognates
- mate
Grammar
Examples
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"Match" means a game between two teams.
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"Matches" is the plural form.
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Here "match" is used as a verb, meaning to be the same or to go together.
Used in
Grammar articles
(6)Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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