Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to match sb against sth
Participle: matched sb against sth
Gerund: matching sb against sth
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | match sb against sth |
| you | match sb against sth |
| he;she;it | matches sb against sth |
| we | match sb against sth |
| you | match sb against sth |
| they | match sb against sth |
Perfect
| I | have matched sb against sth |
| you | have matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | has matched sb against sth |
| we | have matched sb against sth |
| you | have matched sb against sth |
| they | have matched sb against sth |
Past
| I | matched sb against sth |
| you | matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | matched sb against sth |
| we | matched sb against sth |
| you | matched sb against sth |
| they | matched sb against sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had matched sb against sth |
| you | had matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | had matched sb against sth |
| we | had matched sb against sth |
| you | had matched sb against sth |
| they | had matched sb against sth |
Future
| I | will match sb against sth |
| you | will match sb against sth |
| he;she;it | will match sb against sth |
| we | will match sb against sth |
| you | will match sb against sth |
| they | will match sb against sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have matched sb against sth |
| you | will have matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | will have matched sb against sth |
| we | will have matched sb against sth |
| you | will have matched sb against sth |
| they | will have matched sb against sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | match sb against sth |
| you | match sb against sth |
| he;she;it | match sb against sth |
| we | match sb against sth |
| you | match sb against sth |
| they | match sb against sth |
Perfect
| I | have matched sb against sth |
| you | have matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | have matched sb against sth |
| we | have matched sb against sth |
| you | have matched sb against sth |
| they | have matched sb against sth |
Imperfect
| I | matched sb against sth |
| you | matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | matched sb against sth |
| we | matched sb against sth |
| you | matched sb against sth |
| they | matched sb against sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had matched sb against sth |
| you | had matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | had matched sb against sth |
| we | had matched sb against sth |
| you | had matched sb against sth |
| they | had matched sb against sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would match sb against sth |
| you | would match sb against sth |
| he;she;it | would match sb against sth |
| we | would match sb against sth |
| you | would match sb against sth |
| they | would match sb against sth |
Perfect
| I | would have matched sb against sth |
| you | would have matched sb against sth |
| he;she;it | would have matched sb against sth |
| we | would have matched sb against sth |
| you | would have matched sb against sth |
| they | would have matched sb against sth |
Imperative
| you | match sb against sth |
| we | Let's match sb against sth |
| you | match sb against sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'match'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'match'
batch,
catch,
hatch,
latch,
march,
math,
mitch,
patch,
ratch,
smatch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to use as a model or pattern
- ape, copy, ditto, emulate, imitate, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, parallel, reproduce, simulate
- equate
- equal, even, balance, pair, unite, mate, liken, marry
- agree
- correspond, fit, resemble, harmonize, suit
- oppose
- pit, array, rival, play
Antonyms
- to not to have the same traits or characteristics
- conform, differ
- agree
- disagree, differ, dissent, dispute
- oppose
- approve, applaud, aid, attest
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English macchen (“to marry; be paired with”), from the noun (see above). See: Middle English '
macchen'.
Verbs referencing "match"
Swedish
matcha, German, old spelling
matchen, Finnish with old forms
mätsätä.
Sample Sentences
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Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.
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These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match.
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I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier. [2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:]
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His interests didn't match her interests.
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There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls. [1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:]
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Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines. [1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:]
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She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.
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They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.
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Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. [2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:]
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[…]Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. [1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:]
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A senator of Rome survived,
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Would not have matched his daughter with a king. [1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 62:]
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to match boards
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