"well-matched" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more well-matched [comparative], most well-matched [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} well-matched (comparative more well-matched, superlative most well-matched)
  1. Of comparable strength or power. Translations (of comparable strength or power): ἰσοπαλής (isopalḗs) (Ancient Greek), 倫比 /伦比 (leon⁴ bei²) (Chinese Cantonese), 匹敵 /匹敌 (pǐdí) (Chinese Mandarin), 倫比 /伦比 (lúnbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tasaväkinen (Finnish), tasavahva (Finnish), eşdeğer (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-well-matched-en-adj-stuxqRqG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'of comparable strength or power': 100 0
  2. Suitable to be in a relationship with one another. Translations (suitable to be in a relationship with one another): (pèi) (Chinese Mandarin), yhteensopiva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-well-matched-en-adj-qvPOZWX1 Disambiguation of 'suitable to be in a relationship with one another': 0 100
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