Overmatch

Quick meaning: Overmatch is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To match more than intended.

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To match more than intended.

More Meanings

1. To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish.
2. (transitive) To marry (someone) to a superior.
3. A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
4. An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.

Example Sentences

[…] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.

The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.

At Lemster, for her Wooll whose Staple doth excell, And seemes to over-match the golden Phrygian Fell.

For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.

Word Forms

• overmatches
• overmatching
• overmatched

Antonyms for overmatch

Common opposites include undermatch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outdated, overrun, passed, crossed, overtaken, overshot.

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