"match day" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: match days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} match day (plural match days)
  1. The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents.
    Sense id: en-match_day-en-noun-Qd-AWJLt
  2. (sports) The day on which a sporting event takes place. Categories (topical): Sports Translations (day with a sporting event): Spieltag [masculine] (German), giornata (Italian), dzień meczowy [masculine] (Polish), jornada (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-match_day-en-noun-pYh9FzvH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'day with a sporting event': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: matchday, match-day

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