match
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(verb) be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match" |
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Related Words: adapt, adjust, conform |
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(verb) make match or correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater" |
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Synonyms: fit |
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Related Words: adjust, balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, set |
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(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one" |
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Synonyms: couple, mate, pair, twin |
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Related Words: bring together, join, mismatch, mismate |
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(verb) provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions" |
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Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply |
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(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" |
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Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, tally |
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Related Words: accede, accord, adhere, agree, align, answer, be, bear out, befit, beseem, coincide, comply, conform to, consort, corelate, correlate, corroborate, duplicate, equal, fit, fit in, harmonize, homologize, look, meet, overlap, parallel, pattern, resemble, square, suit, support, twin, underpin |
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(noun) thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe" |
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Synonyms: friction match, lucifer |
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Related Words: book matches, fusee, fuzee, igniter, ignitor, light, lighter, safety match, slow match |
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(noun) an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" |
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Synonyms: mate |
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Related Words: duplicate, duplication |
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(noun) a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode" |
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Related Words: igniter, ignitor, light, lighter |
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(noun) something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match with your jacket" |
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Related Words: counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis |
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(noun) a contest in which two or more persons or teams compete |
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Related Words: boxing match, cockfight, competition, contest, diving, diving event, field event, final, match game, matched game, quarterfinal, semi, semifinal, swimming event, test match, wrestling match |
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(noun) the score needed to win a match |
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Related Words: score |
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(verb) satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need" |
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Synonyms: cope with, meet |
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Related Words: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
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(noun) a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect |
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Synonyms: catch |
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Related Words: adult, grownup |
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(verb) set into opposition or rivalry |
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Synonyms: oppose, pit |
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Related Words: confront, face |
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(noun) a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago" |
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Synonyms: couple, mates |
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Related Words: family, family unit |
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(noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
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Synonyms: compeer, equal, peer |
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Related Words: associate, backup, backup man, coeval, contemporary, fill-in, human, individual, mortal, person, relief, replacement, somebody, someone, soul, stand-in, substitute, successor, townsman |
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(verb) be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability" |
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Synonyms: equal, rival, touch |
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Related Words: compete, contend, vie |
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