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

Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.

Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

A marriage.

A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

Suitability.

Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

An agreement or compact.

(metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.

To agree; to be equal; to correspond.

To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.

To equal or exceed in achievement.

To make a successful match or pairing.

(obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.

To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

(programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.

(Q37507) A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface. +