match

Definition

A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.

Etymology

From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).

Example Sentences

• "My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today."
• "Can you play billiards? / Yes, do you wish to have a match with me? / Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure. We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble."
• "Ferrer his Taberd vvith rich Verry ſpred, / VVell knovvne in many a vvarlike match before; […]"

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