matchmakev.

Brit.

/ˈmatʃˌmeɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmætʃˌmeɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: match n.¹, make v.¹

Etymology: < match n.¹ + make v.¹, after matchmaking n.¹ and matchmaker n.¹

intransitive. To plot or contrive to bring about a marriage. Later also transitive: to plot or contrive to bring together (two people) romantically; also in extended use.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > make a match [verb (intransitive)]

to make a match1547

matchmake1865

1865 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 670 I am the last person in the world to match-make.

1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 262 It..will be a lesson to me not to match-make again.

1927 E. Bowen Hotel ix. 101 Do you think I am likely to match-make?

1983 A. Geras Voyage iii. 41 Golda has been matchmaking, hasn't she?

1995 Clothes Show Mag. Feb. 5/3 I dreamt that two friends I'm trying to match-make got together and they liked each other.

1997 Guardian 17 June 19/1 There are 37 introduction services..which matchmake smaller firms with..potential investors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matchmake
释义	matchmakev. Brit. /ˈmatʃˌmeɪk/, U.S. /ˈmætʃˌmeɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: match n.¹, make v.¹ Etymology: < match n.¹ + make v.¹, after matchmaking n.¹ and matchmaker n.¹ intransitive. To plot or contrive to bring about a marriage. Later also transitive: to plot or contrive to bring together (two people) romantically; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > make a match [verb (intransitive)] to make a match1547 matchmake1865 1865 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 670 I am the last person in the world to match-make. 1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 262 It..will be a lesson to me not to match-make again. 1927 E. Bowen Hotel ix. 101 Do you think I am likely to match-make? 1983 A. Geras Voyage iii. 41 Golda has been matchmaking, hasn't she? 1995 Clothes Show Mag. Feb. 5/3 I dreamt that two friends I'm trying to match-make got together and they liked each other. 1997 Guardian 17 June 19/1 There are 37 introduction services..which matchmake smaller firms with..potential investors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1865
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