MATCH-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does match-up mean? 

• MATCH-UP (noun)
  The noun MATCH-UP has 1 sense:

1. the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition

  Familiarity information: MATCH-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATCH-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

match-up; matchup

Context example:

we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools

Hypernyms ("match-up" is a kind of...):

pairing (the act of grouping things or people in pairs)