match-up

or match·up

[ mach-uhp ]

noun

1. a pairing or combining; linkage:

   a match-up of federal funds with state aid.

2. a direct contest or confrontation, as between two athletes or political candidates.
3. an investigation of similarities and differences; comparison:

   a match-up of property taxes in two counties.

Word History and Origins

Origin of match-up¹

First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of verb phrase match up

Example Sentences

Democrats may instead be looking for someone who simply has the Sauce—a sort of inverse Trump who can win and hold voters’ attention in a Fragmented Media Landscape™️, whose perceived authenticity and realness will more than compensate for a “polarizing” personality and past or present espousal of positions that don’t necessarily match up with those of the median voter.

From Slate

The move, which is aimed at increasing competitiveness after years of the Renault engine failing to match up to its rivals, follows a shift in focus at Alpine, after many years of failing to achieve its ambitions in F1.

From BBC

Borthwick has made changes in the hope his finishers can match up to the job description.

From BBC

The addresses on two of the licences match up to a business site and a location in the middle of a road near a petrol station - not residential addresses.

From BBC

“This finding places the theorem among other probability puzzles and paradoxes... where using the idea of infinite resources gives results that don’t match up with what we get when we consider the constraints of our universe,” Associate Prof Woodcock said in a statement about the work.

From BBC

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