matchup
US/ˈmæt͡ʃʌp/
matchup noun: a pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition.
Noun
matchup (plural matchups)
- A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition
- It's not an arcade game—there is no crack of the bat or roar of the crowd or even much in the way of a screen display—but for the true fan, there is the excitement of mathematically structured matchups of real current and past teams with a more-than-passing resemblance to real-life outcomes.1985, PC Mag, volume 4, number 14, page 51
- That’s broadly consistent with the Real Clear Politics average of all general election matchups between the two; RCP shows Biden with an average of a 6-point lead over Sanders.2020 April 8, Chris Cillizza, “Why Joe Biden starts as the general election front-runner”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 May 2025
matchup meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada
matchup in Hindi
- मैचअप
matchup in Bengali
- ম্যাচআপ
matchup in Telugu
- మ్యాచ్అప్
matchup in Kannada
- ಮ್ಯಾಚ್ಅಪ್
More languagesFewer languages
- matchup in Punjabi
- ਮੈਚਅੱਪ, ਮੈਚਅਪ
- matchup in Gujarati
- મેચઅપ
- matchup in Odia
- ମ୍ଯ଼ାଚ୍ଅପ୍
- matchup in Nepali
- म्याचअप
Forms of matchup
| plural | matchups |
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Origin of matchup
Deverbal from match up.
Questions about matchup
- What does matchup mean?
- Matchup means a pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition.
- What is matchup in Hindi?
- Matchup in Hindi is मैचअप. See Matchup meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is matchup?
- Matchup is a noun.
- How do you pronounce matchup?
- Matchup is pronounced /ˈmæt͡ʃʌp/ (US).
- What is the plural of matchup?
- The plural of matchup is matchups.
Words near matchup in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: matchup (page history and authors); matchup (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matchup (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matchup (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matchup (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matchup (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matchup (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matchup (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matchup (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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