matchmake

English

Alternative forms

• match-make

Etymology

match +‎ make, as back-formation from matchmaking.

Verb

matchmake (third-person singular simple present matchmakes, present participle matchmaking, simple past and past participle matchmade)

1. To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
   • 1865, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters:

     And pray remember, I am the last person in the world to match-make.

Translations

to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage

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Usage notes

• This is rare except in the progressive form matchmaking.

Derived terms

• match-maker, matchmaker
• matchmaking