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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Match \Match\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Matching.]
     1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to
        rival successfully; to equal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              No settled senses of the world can match
              The pleasure of that madness.         --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal,
        against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something
        in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his
              conduct.                              --South.
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     3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
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              Eternal might
              To match with their inventions they presumed
              So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly
        similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a
        horse; to match cloth. ``Matching of patterns and
        colors.'' --Swift.
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     5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,
        or suit (one thing to another).
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              Let poets match their subject to their strength.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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     6. To marry; to give in marriage.
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              A senator of Rome survived,
              Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
                                                    --Addison.
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     7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;
        specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at
        the edges; as, to match boards.
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     Matching machine, a planing machine for forming a tongue or
        a groove on the edge of a board.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  matching \matching\ adj.
     1. having identical or closely similar appearance or
        properties; as, a pair of matching candlesticks.
  
     Syn: duplicate, twin(prenominal), twinned.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Harmonious and pleasing in appearance when used together;
        as, a matching skirt and blouse.
  
     Syn: coordinated; color-coordinated.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Match \Match\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Matching.]
     1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to
        rival successfully; to equal.
  
              No settled senses of the world can match The
              pleasure of that madness.             --Shak.
  
     2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal,
        against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something
        in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
  
              No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his
              conduct.                              --South.
  
     3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
  
              Eternal might To match with their inventions they
              presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly
        similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a
        horse; to match cloth. ``Matching of patterns and
        colors.'' --Swift.
  
     5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,
        or suit (one thing to another).
  
              Let poets match their subject to their strength.
                                                    --Roscommon.
  
     6. To marry; to give in marriage.
  
              A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched
              his daughter with a king.             --Addison.
  
     7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;
        specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at
        the edges; as, to match boards.
  
     Matching machine, a planing machine for forming a tongue or
        a groove on the edge of a board.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  matching
       adj 1: being two identical [syn: duplicate, twin(a), twinned]
       2: intentionally matched; "curtains and walls were color
          coordinated" [syn: coordinated]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  matching
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ταιριαστός
     2 ασορτί
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ταίριασμα
     2 αντιστοίχιση
     3 προσαρμογή
     4 αντιπαραβολή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  matching
     a.
     The same as another; sharing the same design.
     n.
     1 The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
     2 (lb en graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph,
  i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertex
  are "matched" to each other one to one.
     vb.
     (present participle of en match nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  matching
     a.
     The same as another; sharing the same design.
     n.
     1 The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
     2 (lb en graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph,
  i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertex
  are "matched" to each other one to one.
     vb.
     (present participle of en match nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  matching
     a.
     The same as another; sharing the same design.
     n.
     1 The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
     2 (lb en graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph,
  i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertex
  are "matched" to each other one to one.
     vb.
     (present participle of en match nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  matching
     a.
     The same as another; sharing the same design.
     n.
     1 The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
     2 (lb en graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph,
  i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertex
  are "matched" to each other one to one.
     vb.
     (present participle of en match nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  matching
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm m atch ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  matching
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en match ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb match)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  مواءمة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  srovnání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  odpovídající

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  porovnání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  srovnání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  přizpůsobování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  přizpůsobení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  porovnání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  Abstimmen 
           Note: von Farben

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  Anpassung  [comp.]  [electr.]  [telco.]
   see: impedance matching
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  adäquat, entsprechend 
        "a matching reaction"  - eine adäquate Reaktion, eine entsprechende Reaktion
           Note: equivalent

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  dazupassend, passend 
        "a green jacket and matching skirt"  - eine grüne Jacke und ein dazupassender Rock
           Note: corresponding in pattern/design/colour

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  in gleicher Höhe/Zahl, in der erforderlichen Höhe/Zahl [econ.]
           Note: nachgestellt
   see: matching funds
  
           Note: equal in number or amount

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  gleichkommend, ebenbürtig seiend, sich messend mit
   see: match, matched
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  übereinstimmend
     Synonym: going together
  
   see: match, go together, matched, gone together
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  übereinstimmend
   see: match, matched
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  passende Personen zusammenbringend, passende Dinge zusammenstellend, kombinierend
   see: match, match up appropriate people/things, matched
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  zusammengehörig 
     Synonyms: related, connected, belonging together
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  zusammenpassend, passend
   see: match, matched, matches, matched, match
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  prilagođenje, slaganje, usklađenost, usklađivanje

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  matching /ˈmæʧɪŋ/ 
    odpowiadający, pasujący

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  matching /mˈatʃɪŋ/
  1. care se potrivește
  2. potrivit

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmætʃɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "matching":
     Olympic games, Olympics, allegory, analogous, analogy, balancing,
     bout, chromatic, cold, colorific, coloring, comparable,
     comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar,
     comparative judgment, comparative linguistics,
     comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing,
     comparison, complementary, concours, confrontation, confrontment,
     contest, contrast, contrastiveness, cool, correlation,
     correspondent, corresponding, derby, dichromatic, distinction,
     distinctiveness, duplicate, encounter, engagement, equivalent,
     fight, game, games, glowing, go, gymkhana, harmonious, homologous,
     identical, joust, like, likening, many-colored, match, medley,
     meet, meeting, metaphor, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic,
     motley, of a kind, of a piece, of a size, opposing, opposition,
     parallel, paralleling, parallelism, parti-colored, pigmentary,
     polychromatic, prismatic, proportion, rainbow, rally, relation,
     rencontre, simile, similitude, spectral, test, tilt, tinctorial,
     tingent, toning, tournament, tourney, trial, trope of comparison,
     twin, variegated, warm, weighing
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.匹配,调整

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     匹配

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