match play

match play
noun
golf scoring by holes won
Hypernyms: ↑golf, ↑golf game

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noun
1. : golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes — compare medal play

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match player.
Golf.
play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side. Cf. medal play.
[1885-90]

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match play or matchˈplay noun
Scoring in golf according to holes won and lost rather than the overall total of strokes taken
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Main Entry:match

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match play,
1. a way of playing golf in which the player or side that wins the greatest number of holes is the winner, regardless of total strokes.
2. a play in any match, as in handball or tennis.

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n. play in golf in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side, as opposed to the number of strokes taken. Compare with stroke play

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ˈmatch play 7 [match play] noun uncountable
a way of playing ↑golf in which your score depends on the number of holes that you win rather than the number of times you hit the ball in the whole game

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Match play — (Golf) Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; distinguished from {medal play}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • match play — n. 1. play in a match, as in tennis, etc. 2. Golf a form of competitive play in which the score is calculated by counting holes won rather than strokes taken: distinguished from STROKE PLAY …   English World dictionary

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  • match-play — n [singular] a method of scoring in golf based on the number of holes that are won, rather than the number of ↑strokes needed to reach each hole …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • match play — ► NOUN ▪ golf in which the score is reckoned by holes won …   English terms dictionary

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