match
noun
a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
matched
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past participleof match.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof match.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
matchnouna slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
Example Sentences
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The pair was so evenly matched, in fact, that their head-to-head record on hard courts sat at precisely 7-7.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
A sandal visible in one clip matched the sandals Baby was wearing when she was arrested around noon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The quantum phase measured by the researchers matched the phase predicted when Einstein's principle is applied to this type of quantum wave.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sky-high levies imposed by Washington and matched by Beijing were tentatively relaxed late last year, after a move by China to severely restrict flows of rare earths to the United States.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
His job was to prove that Dreyfus’s handwriting matched the incriminating note, and he took the stand with a bewildering display of charts and pseudoscientific diagrams.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
