how to pronounce match

/mætʃ/

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match is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of match in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… like such and this match right now …”

meaning of match

Match means a game of chess, a contest between two people or teams, or a contest between two things.

match frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word match occurs in english on average 95.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics match can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that match can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;