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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
match
/mæt͡ʃ/
noun1 of 2
a sports competition between two people or teams
- “Football matches are complicated by the presence of the opposition.”Tatoeba
- “I understand I may not match your idea of me.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)