Definition of Matchup

1. Noun. The pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition. "We need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools"

Exact synonyms: Match-up
Generic synonyms: Pairing

Definition of Matchup

1. Noun. A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Matchup

1. a setting of two players against each other [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matchup

matchmaker
matchmakers
matchmakes
matchmaking
matchmakings
matchmark
matchmarked
matchmarking
matchmarks
matchplay
matchpoint
matchpoints
matchstick
matchsticks
matcht
matchup (current term)
matchups
matchweed
matchwinner
matchwinners
matchwinning
matchwood
matchwoods
matchy
matchy-matchy
mated
matehood

Literary usage of Matchup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"396,) has laboriously collected fmm the Byzantine writers, are less certain, and less important. The historian matchup laments the public misery (Excerpt, ..."

2. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"... school's technology director, David Miller, turned up, cheerfully open to any matchup. Maggie asked if he'd pair with Andrew, who was having a hard time ..."

3. Protecting Our Personal Health Information: Privacy In The Electronic Age edited by Bill Frist, Bill First (1997)
"Well-funded and sharply focused special interests often win in a matchup like this. But I am encouraged that a variety of public policy and health ..."

4. Ricci and Levi-Civita's Tensor Analysis Paper by Robert Hermann (1975)
"... but only to require that elements of G(R ) be compared when their domains and ranges matchup. (Such a mathematical object is called a pseudo group. ..."

5. Golf Resorts: Where to Play in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica & the by Jim Nicol, Barbara Nicol (2001)
"The combined Mountain/Forest courses play 6478/6,0191 5163 yards, while the final matchup of the Lake/Forest layouts measures 6526/6044/5153 yards. ..."

6. Muhammad Ali & Company by Thomas Hauser (1998)
"In truth, the matchup figured to be a stinker. Actually, I had a rather creative solution to the assignment of covering Smith-Weaver for Boxing Illustrated. ..."

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