"match day" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 74 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'day with a sporting event': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: matchday, match-day

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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