Match (disambiguation)
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A match may be:
- MatchMatchA match is a tool for starting a fire under controlled conditions. A typical modern match is made of a small wooden stick or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface...
, a small device for producing fire or flame on demand - Match or gameGameA game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
, played between two sports teams- Match playMatch playMatch play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
, a scoring system for golfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Match play
- Match or marriageMarriageMarriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
- Match (magazine), a British football magazine
- The Match!, an atheist and anarchist journal
- Match GameMatch GameMatch Game is an American television game show in which contestants attempted to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions...
, television game show - The Match (TV series)The Match (TV series)The Match is a reality TV show on Sky One in which a group of celebrities form a football team to compete against a team of former professional footballers . The show begins with a large squad of celebrities who train and live together, all aiming to be selected for "The Match" against the team of...
, a British football television series - Match.comMatch.comMatch.com is an online dating company which reportedly has more than 20 million members, made up of a 49/51 male/female ratio, and Web sites serving 25 countries in more than 8 different languages. Its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas and the company also has offices in West Hollywood, Tokyo, Rio,...
, an online dating service - Match (comics)Match (comics)Match, in comics, may refer to:* Match , a fictional doppelgänger antagonist.* Match , a fictional mutant hero....
, a fictional character in DC and Marvel comics - Paris MatchParis MatchParis Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
, a French magazine - Match IIMatch IIMatch II was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who won major races in England, France and the United States and who was voted Horse of the Year in England...
, the best-known of several Thoroughbred racehorses given the name Match - Match (drink), a carbonated soft drink sold in Japan
- The MatchesThe MatchesThe Matches are a United States-based band formed in 1997 in Oakland, California. It currently is composed of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Shawn Harris, lead guitarist and backup vocalist Jonathan Devoto, bassist and backup vocalist Dylan Rowe, and drummer Matt Whalen...
, a pop-punk band from Oakland, California - National Resident Matching ProgramNational Resident Matching ProgramThe National Resident Matching Program is a United States-based non-profit non-governmental organization created in 1952 to help match medical school students with residency programs...
, the system for assigning American medical school graduates to residency positions - Match (play)Match (play)-History:The character of Tobi is inspired by Alphonse Poulin, a professor of ballet at Juilliard School-Synopsis:Tobi is an aging dancer, choreographer and teacher who enjoys knitting. His quiet life is interrupted when Mike and Lisa enter his home under the pretense of interviewing him for Lisa's...
, a play by Stephen Belber