Match

What “Match” means

Noun

1. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
2. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
3. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
4. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
5. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

Verb

1. To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
2. To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
3. To equal or exceed in achievement.
4. To make a successful match or pairing.
5. To unite in marriage, to mate.

Noun

1. A small wooden stick specially treated with chemicals to produce flame upon contact with another chemical, from the frictional heat produced by striking it against a surface, or both; other similar items made from chemically-treated paper, cardboard, etc.
2. Synonym of taper, a thin stick used to transfer flame, as from tender to a candle.
3. Synonym of fuse, a long wick used to transfer flame to an explosive device.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).

From Middle English macchen (“to marry; be paired with”), from the noun (see above).

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa)bor. Latin myxa? Vulgar Latin micca Old French meschebor. Middle English mecche English match From Middle English macche, mecche (“wick (of a candle)”), from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “lamp wick”).

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Industries where “Match” fits

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• Recruiting Firm
• Staffing Agency
• Employment Placement Agencies
• Temporary Help Services