match·mak·er

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• match|mak|er — match|mak|er1 «MACH MAY kuhr», noun. 1. a person who arranges, or tries to arrange, marriages for others. 2. a person who arranges contests, prize fights, races, or the like: »Sam Silverman, matchmaker for the independent Andy Callahan…booked the …   Useful english dictionary

• match|mak|ing — match|mak|ing1 «MACH MAY kihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the practice of trying to arrange marriages. 2. the business of arranging or making matches for prize fighters, or of arranging other contests. –adj. having to do with matchmakers or… …   Useful english dictionary

• match|make — «MACH MAYK», verb, made, mak|ing. –v.i. to arrange or try to arrange a marriage: »Nor did I matchmake for Rose, who was quite able to find her own young men (Harper s). –v.t. to arrange a marriage for: »Capitol busybodies have tried to matchmake… …   Useful english dictionary

• match — {{11}}match (n.1) stick for striking fire, late 14c., macche, wick of a candle or lamp, from O.Fr. meiche wick of a candle, from V.L. *micca/*miccia (Cf. Catalan metxa, Sp. mecha, It. miccia), probably ultimately from L. myxa, from Gk. myxa lamp… …   Etymology dictionary

• match — There are two unrelated words match in English, of which the older is ‘counterpart’ [OE]. This goes back to an Old English gemæcca ‘mate’, whose ancestry can be traced to a prehistoric *gamakjon, a word based on the collective prefix *ga and *mak …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• match — There are two unrelated words match in English, of which the older is ‘counterpart’ [OE]. This goes back to an Old English gemæcca ‘mate’, whose ancestry can be traced to a prehistoric *gamakjon, a word based on the collective prefix *ga and *mak …   Word origins

• matchmaker — match•mak•er [[t]ˈmætʃˌmeɪ kər[/t]] n. 1) cvb a person who arranges marriages by introducing possible mates 2) cvb a person who arranges potential alliances • Etymology: 1630–40 match′mak ing, n. adj …   From formal English to slang

• matchmaker — match|mak|er [ˈmætʃˌmeıkə US ər] n someone who tries to find a suitable partner for someone else to marry >matchmaking n [U] ▪ Perhaps we should do a little bit of matchmaking and introduce them …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• matchmaker — match|mak|er [ mætʃ,meıkər ] noun count someone who tries to arrange relationships or marriages between people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• matchmaking — match|mak|ing [ mætʃ,meıkıŋ ] noun uncount the activity of arranging relationships or marriages between people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English