"matching" meaning in All languages combined

See matching on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/ Forms: better matching [comparative], best matching [superlative]
Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|better matching|sup=best matching}} matching (comparative better matching, superlative best matching)
  1. The same as another; sharing the same design. Translations (the same as another; sharing the same design): correspondant (French), semblable (French), dazu passend (German), ταιριαστός (tairiastós) (Greek), ചേർച്ചയുള്ള (cēṟccayuḷḷa) (Malayalam), പൊരുത്തമുള്ള (poruttamuḷḷa) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-matching-en-adj-HAwiG7dJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 23 15 28 Disambiguation of 'the same as another; sharing the same design': 98 2
  2. That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary.
    Sense id: en-matching-en-adj-urBkLhN6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: matching numbers

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/ Forms: matchings [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} matching (plural matchings)
  1. The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
    Sense id: en-matching-en-noun-ElHKo8df Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 23 15 28
  2. (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. Categories (topical): Graph theory Translations (graph theory: set of edges): parring [common-gender] (Danish), Matching [neuter] (German), spyrðing [feminine] (Icelandic), abbinamento [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-matching-en-noun-tWGxFRJ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 23 15 28 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'graph theory: set of edges': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gift matching, matching number, matching numbers, matching principle, matching theorem, maximum matching, pattern matching, perfect matching, phono-semantic matching, stable matching problem, weird matching

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} matching
  1. present participle and gerund of match Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: match
    Sense id: en-matching-en-verb-xRxbF1Dt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 23 15 28

Inflected forms

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