match point

match point
noun
(tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)
• Topics: ↑tennis, ↑lawn tennis
• Hypernyms: ↑point

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noun
1. : the last point needed to win a game of tennis or handball or similar sports match
2. : a unit used in scoring duplicate bridge or tournament bridge and consisting of 1 point awarded to a pair of partners for each other pair making a lower score in a deal and 1/2 point awarded to a pair of partners for each other pair making the same score in a deal

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/mach" poynt"/ for 1; /mach" poynt'/ for 2
1. (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
2. Duplicate Bridge. a scoring unit consisting of one point awarded to a partnership for each opposing partnership whose score they better on a hand and of one-half point for each opposing partnership whose score they equal.
[1920-25]

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match point noun
1. (in tennis, etc) the stage at which another point wins the match
2. The point that wins the match
3. A unit of scoring in bridge tournaments
• • •
Main Entry: ↑match

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match point UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular match point plural match points]
in tennis, the last point that a player needs to win in order to win a match
Thesaurus: tennishyponym sports events and competitionshyponym

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match point,
1. the concluding point that is needed to win a match, as in tennis.
2. Especially British. a point scored in a sports match.

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n.
1) (in tennis and other sports) a point that if won by one contestant will also win the match
2) matchpoint (in duplicate bridge) a unit of scoring in matches and tournaments

a convincing margin of 54 matchpoints

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noun, pl ⋯ points
1 : a situation in tennis in which one player or team can win the match by winning the next point
[count]

He won with an ace on his second match point.

[noncount]

He won with an ace on/at match point.

2 [count] : the final point that must be won to win a match in tennis — compare ↑game point

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ˌmatch ˈpoint [match point match points] noun uncountable, countable
(especially in ↑tennis) a point that, if won by a player, will also win them the match

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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