matchmaking

Meaning

Noun

1. (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.
2. (countable, uncountable) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
4. (countable, uncountable) The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.

Verb

present participle and gerund of matchmake

matchmake

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

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Synonyms

coupling

marriage proposal

suit

match-making

Translations

Heiratsvermittlung

Eheanbahnung

Ehestiftung

παντρολογήματα

προξενία

προξενίο

συνοικέσιο

προξενιό

entremise

faire le marieur

صناعة عيدان الثّقاب

çöpçatanlık

Kuppelei

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/

Etymology

From match + making. By surface analysis, matchmake + -ing.