match-up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mach uhp]
- /mætʃ ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mach uhp]
- /mætʃ ʌp/

Definitions of match-up word

noun match-up a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid. 1
noun match-up a direct contest or confrontation, as between two athletes or political candidates. 1
noun match-up an investigation of similarities and differences; comparison: a match-up of property taxes in two counties. 1
noun match-up pairing 1
noun match-up Alternative spelling of matchup. 0

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Origin of match-up

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65; noun use of verb phrase match up

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Parts of speech for Match-up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Match-up

match-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.