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overmatches

overmatches is the plural of overmatch.

overmatches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overmatch.

Meaning of overmatch

Noun

overmatch (plural overmatches)

  1. A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
    • […] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Oxford ed., ¶13, published 2007
  2. An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.
    • For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

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Questions about overmatches

What is overmatches the plural of?
Overmatches is the plural of overmatch.

Words near overmatches in the dictionary

  1. overmasting
  2. overmasts
  3. overmasturbation
  4. overmatch
  5. overmatched
  6. overmatches
  7. overmatching
  8. overmatchings
  9. overmatter
  10. overmattress
  11. overmature

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