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lesson we’re going to talk about the

verb

match let’s get started

the basic definition of the verb match

is to combine

well with something else examples

the new product lineup matches our

customers needs

his shirt matched his pants nicely

now let’s look at the conjugations for

this verb present

match matches past

matched past participle matched

progressive matching

now let’s talk about some additional

meanings for this verb first one

to be equal to another thing or person

some examples our products match our

competitors quality

at a lower price she matched her boss

drink for drink

so in the first example sentence the

speaker’s product and the competitors

product have the same level of quality

they

match in terms of quality however the

price

of the speaker’s product is cheaper it’s

at a lower price

so that’s the point of the speaker

statement same quality but our product

cheaper maybe a common sales tactic in

the second example sentence

we see she matched her boss drink for

drink it means

for each drink her boss took she also

had a drink so matching drinks is like

doing the same thing as someone else

drinking the same amount as someone else

so she matched her boss

she matched her boss so she was

equal she was at an equal level to her

boss

in this respect okay let’s go on to the

second

additional meaning the second additional

meaning is to give the same amount of

money that has been collected

or offered examples we’ll match

donations

one dollar for one dollar the store

offered to match competitor prices

so this is a specific use of the word

match that’s related to

money so if like a charity organization

is trying to raise money for something

oftentimes

other organizations or individuals will

agree to

match certain amounts or match the

amount of money raised

we see that in the first example

sentence so we’ll match one dollar for

one dollar

means for each dollar that is donated

this

whoever speaking this organization or

this person will donate one dollar

also so if 100 um

is like the total amount that’s raised

then the speakers organization or the

speaker

themselves will also give 100 so this

amount and this amount will be the same

that’s called

matching donations in the second example

sentence then

about matching competitor prices this

means

that if a competitor has a lower price

for a product

this shop will offer the same price

so that means that the shop is changing

its price to

match the competitors price so they’re

trying to match the amount

offered by the competitor there so

matching prices in this way means that

they will change

prices to offer the best price possible

for the customer

so the next additional meaning is to be

the same as something else to be the

same as something else examples

her outfit matched one worn by a model

in a magazine

your hairstyle matches my dogs so this

means

not to be similar or not to combine well

but to be the

same as something else exactly the same

as something else

so in the first example sentence her

outfit

matched one worn by a model in the

magazine it means her outfit

is the same as the one that’s in this

magazine so maybe she was inspired by

this outfit in the magazine

so she matches they are wearing the same

thing

the second one is kind of a joke

sentence your hairstyle matches my dog’s

hairstyle so i’ve dropped hairstyle from

that sentence

your hairstyle matches my dogs it means

your hairstyle

and my dog’s hairstyle are the same so

it’s probably a joke i can’t think of

many situations where

this would be a compliment

just an example sentence so this means

that these two things are the same they

are the same you match

you match so this is common if you

happen to wear like the same clothes as

someone else if

just accidentally though like you didn’t

plan it you arrived to something and

you’re wearing the same thing as someone

else

we can say oh my gosh you match you guys

match you’re wearing the same thing

okay let’s move on to some variations

for this verb

the first variation i have two included

for this is to match up or to match

somebody up this means to introduce

somebody for dating to introduce two

people for dating

examples my friend tried to match me up

with someone

a co-worker matched up two acquaintances

quite successfully

so this match up refers to combining

two people so we talked about the basic

definition of this verb like

two things that combine together well in

this case when we say to match up or to

match somebody

up it refers to finding two people who

are a nice

fit they combine together well so you

might hear this like to match you

up with somebody i want to match you up

with somebody

so this means dating trying to set up a

date

the next variation is to match somebody

against

somebody else this means to put two

people of equal ability levels in

competition

against one another so that means these

two people have about the same level of

ability

it shouldn’t be out of balance ideally

it should be about the same

level examples serena williams

was matched against anna kournikova

let’s match the top japanese chef

against the top french chef for the

competition

so these example sentences are intended

to show

situations where there’s a pair of

people that are evenly matched

but maybe they have different abilities

like different specialties

so their abilities themselves are maybe

at the same level

but maybe they have some kind of

different details in there somewhere

so to match in this way to match one

person against another person is for

like competitive reasons for some

contest or sport or something like that

okay so those are a few new ways i hope

that you can use the word

match if you have questions comments or

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