match1
  
  n.
    - a contest in which people or teams compete against each other.
 - a person or thing able to contend with another as an equal.
 - a person or thing that resembles or corresponds to another. 
▸Computing  a string that fulfils the specified conditions of a computer search.
 ▸a pair that corresponds or is very similar.
 - a person viewed in regard to their eligibility for marriage. 
▸a marriage.
 
v.
    - correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.
 - be equal to in quality or strength. 
▸equalize (two coupled electrical impedances) so as to bring about the maximum transfer of power from one to the other.
 - place in contest or competition with another.
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(match someone with)
 archaic bring about the marriage of someone to.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - matchable adj.
  - matching adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  OE gemæcca ‘mate, companion’, of W. Gmc origin.
 
  
    
match2
  
  n.
  - a short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface.
 - historical a piece of wick or cord designed to burn at a uniform rate, used for firing a cannon or lighting gunpowder.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. meche, perh. from L. myxa ‘spout of a lamp’, later ‘lamp wick’.