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match-merge

match-merge verb: to merge sets of objects while excluding duplicates.

Verb

match-merge (third-person singular simple present match-merges, present participle match-merging, simple past and past participle match-merged)

  1. To merge sets of objects while excluding duplicates.
    • The lists are match-merged, so if you are on both lists, you are not twice as likely to be chosen.
    • "When you want to match-merge several data sets and the data sets do not all match by the same variables […]"2012, Michele M. Burlew, SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy

Noun

match-merge (plural match-merges)

  1. the process of match-merging
    • The last match-merge produced the list we reported.

Forms of match-merge

Verb
third-person singular presentmatch-merges
present participlematch-merging
past participlematch-merged
pastmatch-merged
Noun
pluralmatch-merges

Questions about match-merge

What does match-merge mean?
Match-merge means to merge sets of objects while excluding duplicates.
What part of speech is match-merge?
Match-merge can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of match-merge?
The past tense of match-merge is match-merged.

Words near match-merge in the dictionary

  1. match-maker
  2. match-makers
  3. match-makes
  4. match-making
  5. match-makings
  6. match-merge
  7. match-merged
  8. match-merges
  9. match-merging
  10. match-three game
  11. match-up

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