matching
verbadjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ//
The same as another; sharing the same design.
verb
- 1
Also a form of matchpresent participle and gerund of match
adjective
- 1
The same as another; sharing the same design.
We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.
[...] the Class 142s and 143s have at times sported a number of advertising liveries [...]. The two cars of Arriva Trains Wales 142081 were certainly not a matching pair when photographed in 2005.
- 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
- 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.
Forms
- plural
- matchings
- comparative
- better matching
- superlative
- best matching
matching · The same as another; sharing the same design.
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