Matching

Quick meaning: Matching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of match.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of match.

More Meanings

1. The same as another; sharing the same design.
2. That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary.
3. The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
4. (graph theory) 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.

Example Sentences

We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.

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

[...] 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.

Word Forms

• matchings

Synonyms for matching

Depending on context, synonyms include duplicate, twin, coordinated, matched, twinned.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include duplicate, coordinated, twinned, twin, comparable, comparison.

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