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game vs. match

〘米〙 では団体競技や-ballの付く競技にはgameを, 格闘技など動詞playの目的語にならない競技ではmatchを用いる傾向がある

〘英〙 ではどちらにもmatchを用いることが多い

「公式試合」「対抗戦」などではしばしばmatchが好まれる

合っている

suit: スタイル･色などがその人に似合うという場合

fit: 大きさ･形などがちょうどよいという場合

match: 人を目的語とせず, 主語･目的語となる物同士が「互いに合っている」ことをさす

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1. a contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport:

｟主に英｠ 試合, 競技, 勝負

e.g. a boxing match.

2. a person or thing able to contend with another as an equal in quality or strength:

〖a/one's ～〗 【人の】好敵手, 競争相手; (実力などが)対等の相手, 物 «for»

e.g. they were no match for the trained mercenaries.

3. a person or thing that resembles or corresponds to another:

〖a/one's ～〗 «…に» 釣り合った人, 物; (色･模様などが)似合うもの «for» ; «…との» 一致 «between»

e.g. the child's identical twin would be a perfect match for organ donation.

Computing a string that fulfills the specified conditions of a computer search.

a pair that corresponds or is very similar:

〖a/one's ～〗 そっくりな人, 物

e.g. the headdresses and bouquet were a perfect match.

the fact or appearance of corresponding:

e.g. stones of a perfect match and color.

4. a person viewed in regard to their eligibility for marriage, especially as regards class or wealth:

ふさわしい結婚相手.

e.g. he was an unsuitable match for any of their girls.

a marriage:

｟やや古｠ 縁組み, 結婚

e.g. a dynastic match.

1. correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious:

〈2つの物が〉調和する, 似合う

e.g. no object : the jacket and pants do not match

〈物が〉〈物〉に合う, 調和する (!受け身にしない)

e.g. with object : we bought green and blue curtains to match the bedspread

e.g. she matched her steps to his.

team (someone or something) with someone or something else appropriate or harmonious:

«…と» 〈人･物など〉を組み合わせる, 引き合わせる, 適合させる(up) «to, with»

e.g. she was trying to match the draperies to the couch

e.g. they matched suitably qualified applicants with institutions that had vacancies.

2. be equal to (something) in quality or strength:

«…の点で» 〈人･物･事〉に匹敵する, …と対等である «in, for»

e.g. his anger matched her own.

succeed in reaching or equaling (a standard or quality):

〈状況･希望など〉に見合う; …に適したものにする(up)

e.g. he tried to match her nonchalance.

equalize (two coupled electrical impedances) so as to bring about the maximum transfer of power from one to the other.

〈回路〉を整合させる

3. place (a person or group) in contest or competition with another:

e.g. the big names were matched against nobodies

e.g. (as adjective, with submodifier matched) : evenly matched teams.

form a partnership, especially by getting married.

encounter one's equal in strength or ability: Iris had met her match.

corresponding in some essential respect with something previously mentioned or chosen: a new coat and a hat to match.

be as good as or equal to: she matches up to the challenges of the job.

archaic bring about the marriage of someone to: try if you can to match her with a duke.

matchable adjective

Old English gemæcca‘mate, companion’, of West Germanic origin; related to the base of make.

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a short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface.

historical a piece of wick or cord designed to burn at a uniform rate, used for firing a cannon or lighting gunpowder.

put a match to

set fire to.

late Middle English (in the sense ‘wick of a candle’): from Old French meche, perhaps from Latin myxa ‘spout of a lamp’, later ‘lamp wick’.