Transcription
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- [mach]
- /mætʃ/
- /wel mætʃt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mach]
- /mætʃ/
Definitions of well-matched word
- noun well-matched a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect. 1
- noun well-matched a person or thing able to cope with another as an equal: to meet one's match. 1
- noun well-matched a person or thing that is an exact counterpart of another. 1
- noun well-matched a corresponding, suitably associated, or harmonious pair: The blue hat and green scarf were not a good match. 1
- noun well-matched Sports. a game or contest in which two or more contestants or teams oppose each other: a soccer match. a contest consisting of a specific number of sets: a tennis match. 1
- noun well-matched any contest or competition that resembles a sports match: a shouting match. 1
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Origin of well-matched
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English macche, Old English gemæcca mate, fellow
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Well-matched
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
well-matched popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for well-matched
adjective well-matched
- compatible — If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
Antonyms for well-matched
adj well-matched
- anti-thetical — of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inconsonant — not consonant or in accord.
adjective well-matched
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- mismatched — Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch.
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with w
- Words starting with we
- Words starting with wel
- Words starting with well
- Words starting with wellm
- Words starting with wellma
- Words starting with wellmat
- Words starting with wellmatc
- Words starting with wellmatch
- Words starting with wellmatche
- Words starting with wellmatched