matchmaking en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From match + making.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
Patty, your timing is excellent. There's Claude over there. Want me to do some matchmaking?
2001: The Gilmore Girls (TV, episode 1.18)The marriage was highly approved of by Mrs. Shelby, who, with a little womanly complacency in match-making, felt pleased to unite her handsome favorite with one of her own class who seemed in every way suited to her;
1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin:I planned the match from that hour; and when such success has blessed me in this instance, dear papa, you cannot think that I shall leave off match-making.
1815, Jane Austen, Emma:
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(countable, uncountable) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
... there was evidence that they did provide information for day care matchmaking to the potential users and givers of care.
1971, Eunice L. Watson, Arthur Cope Emlem, Matchmaking in Neighborhood Day Care: A Descriptive Study of the Day Care Neighbor Service:
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(countable, uncountable) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
It turns out, however, that there wasn't actually anything different going on behind the matchmaking scenes, because Bungie forgot to turn skill-based matchmaking on. I believe the kids call this "getting caught in 4K."
2022 August 25, Alyssa Mercante, “Destiny 2 streamers complain about new PvP matchmaking, but Bungie says it didn't change anything”, in GamesRadar:
- (countable, uncountable) The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| matchmakings | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| match-making | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (30)
pl swatanie (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · uk сва́тання (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · cmn 做媒 (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · es emparejamiento (video games: act or process of locating suitable players) · cmn 婚介 (business: Service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners) · cmn 匹配 (video games: act or process of locating suitable players) · tg хостгорӣ (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · pl dobieranie przeciwników (video games: act or process of locating suitable players) · fr matchmaking (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · tg хостгоршавӣ (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · ru сватовство́ (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · be сва́танне (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · de Kuppelei (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · ru сва́тание (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · de Eheanbahnung (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · ka გარიგება (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · es emparejamiento (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · kk жеңгетайлық (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · ko 중매 (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · ja 媒酌 (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · cs námluvy (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · tr çöpçatanlık (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · pl dopasowanie (business: Service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners) · de Ehestiftung (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · de Heiratsvermittlung (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · el συνοικέσιο (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · tg миёнаравӣ (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · ja 仲人 (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · el προξενιό (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) · vi làm mối (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other)