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matchmakes

matchmakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 matchmakes

What is matchmakes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Matchmakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of matchmake.

Words near matchmakes in the dictionary

  1. matchmake
  2. matchmakee
  3. matchmakees
  4. matchmaker
  5. matchmakers
  6. matchmakes
  7. matchmaking
  8. matchmakings
  9. Matchmara
  10. matchmark
  11. matchmarks

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