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matching

  • /ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ætʃɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of match

adjective better matching · best matching

  1. The same as another; sharing the same design. We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.
  2. That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary. I greet you across the miles and hold out my hand to you and wish you many sunlit days and matching moonlit nights.

noun matchings

  1. The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
  2. A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: duplicate, coordinated, twinned, twin, comparable, comparison, intercomparison, equivalent, correspond, equating, compare, congruent, correlation, corresponding, equivalency, equivalence

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adj the same as another; sharing the same design

Españolcombinante, a juego
Françaiscorrespondant, semblable
Deutschdazu passend
Ελληνικάταιριαστός tairiastós

noun process to match things together

Portuguêscorrespondência, mapeamento

noun graph theory: set of edges

DeutschMatching
Italianoabbinamento

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@misc{matching_2026,
  title = {matching},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/matching},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}