match-up

or match·up

[ mach-uhp ]

/ ˈmætʃˌʌp /

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noun

a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.

a direct contest or confrontation, as between two athletes or political candidates.

an investigation of similarities and differences; comparison: a match-up of property taxes in two counties.

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Origin of match-up

First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of verb phrase match up

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How to use match-up in a sentence

In a bizarre matchup, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor came for the 20-year-old singer this past July in Ibiza.
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“He was a good matchup,” Jones said of Brown, a defensive lineman for his high school football team.
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Further, at least one private poll shows Childers in a statistical tie with McDaniel in a November matchup.
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This entertaining matchup might resemble more of a track meet than a basketball game.
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I do see a matchup of Syracuse and Florida coming out of there.
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British Dictionary definitions for match-up

matchup

/ (ˈmætʃʌp) /

noun

US and Canadian a sports match

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