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matchmade

matchmade is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about matchmade

What is matchmade the simple past and past participle of?
Matchmade is the simple past and past participle of matchmake.

Words near matchmade in the dictionary

  1. matchlit
  2. matchlock
  3. matchlockman
  4. matchlockmen
  5. matchlocks
  6. matchmade
  7. matchmake
  8. matchmakee
  9. matchmakees
  10. matchmaker
  11. matchmakers

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