matching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/
• Rhymes:-ætʃɪŋ

Verb

matching

1. presentparticipleandgerundofmatch

Adjective

matching(comparativebettermatching,superlativebestmatching)

1. Thesameasanother;sharing the samedesign.

   We bought a new sofa andmatchingarmchairs.

   • 2020May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, inRail,page 61, photo caption:

     [...] 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 amatchingpair when photographed in 2005.

2. That constitutes part of a pair with something else;complementary.
   • 1980August 9, James Moodie, “Personal advertisement”, inGay Community News,page15:

     I greet you across the miles and hold out my hand to you and wish you many sunlit days andmatchingmoonlit nights.

Derived terms

• matching numbers

Translations

the same as another; sharing the same design

• French:correspondant(fr),semblable(fr)
• German:dazu passend
• Greek:ταιριαστός(el)(tairiastós)
• Malayalam:ചേർച്ചയുള്ള(cēṟccayuḷḷa),പൊരുത്തമുള്ള(poruttamuḷḷa)

Noun

matching(pluralmatchings)

1. The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
2. (graph theory)A set of independentedgesin a givengraph,i.e. a set of edges which do notintersect,such that pairs ofverticesare "matched" to each other one to one.

Related terms

• gift matching
• matching number
• matching numbers
• matching principle
• matching theorem
• maximum matching
• pattern matching
• perfect matching
• phono-semantic matching
• stable matching problem
• weird matching

Translations

process to match things together

• Indonesian:pemadanan
• Portuguese:correspondência(pt)f,mapeamentom

graph theory: set of edges

• Danish:parring(da)c
• German:Matchingn
• Icelandic:spyrðingf
• Indonesian:pemadanan
• Italian:abbinamento(it)m

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