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MATCHUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does matchup mean?
• MATCHUP (noun)
The noun MATCHUP has 1 sense:
1. the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition
Familiarity information: MATCHUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("matchup" is a kind of...):
pairing (the act of grouping things or people in pairs)
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