- (of clothing, material, objects, etc.) having the same colour, pattern, style, etc. and therefore looking attractive together
- The two sisters wore matching outfits.
- a blue silk dress with a matching blue hat
- a pine table with four matching chairs
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMatching is used with these nouns:- belt
- bonkers
- chair
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- equal in number or amount; having the same qualities, etc.
- The college will provide matching funds (= equal to the amount already raised) to complete the project.
- Stem cells from a matching donor were injected into the patient.
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