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match-make

match-make is the alternative form of matchmake.

Meaning of matchmake

Verb

matchmake (third-person singular simple present matchmakes, present participle matchmaking, simple past and past participle matchmade)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To carry out matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
    • Why then Foible’s a Bawd, an Errant, Rank, Match-making Bawd.1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xviii, page 49

Forms of match-make

third-person singular presentmatch-makes
present participlematch-making
past participlematch-made
pastmatch-made

Questions about match-make

What is match-make the alternative form of?
Match-make is the alternative form of matchmake.

Words near match-make in the dictionary

  1. match-cloth
  2. match-four game
  3. match-girl
  4. match-girls
  5. match-made
  6. match-make
  7. match-maker
  8. match-makers
  9. match-makes
  10. match-making
  11. match-makings

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