to put two or more things together because they are the same, similar, or look good together
Can you match these socks for me?
The designer matched the wall paint to the rug perfectly.
to be as good as, strong as, or the same as someone or something else
No one can match his speed on the track.
The brightness of the new bulb matched the old one perfectly.
a failure to match or correspond.
The bright red socks and the blue shoes were a terrible mismatch.
There is a clear mismatch between the student's test scores and their homework grades.
✦ From mis- (indicating something wrong or badly) + match (to pair correctly).
to fail to match or correspond.
The wallpaper patterns mismatch where the strips meet.
His qualifications don't mismatch the job description.
