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match collapse: lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag"; an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"; a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode"; something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match with your jacket"; a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete; the score needed to win a match; be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match"; make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater"; bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"; give or join in marriage; provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions"; be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

adultery collapse: extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"

affinity collapse: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"; inherent resemblance between persons or things; the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"; (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody; a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"; (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans"; (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

syncretism collapse: the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections); the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories"

sperm collapse: the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"

psychotherapy collapse: the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means; the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods

intercommunication collapse: mutual communication; communication with each other; "they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships"

synthesis collapse: the combination of ideas into a complex whole; the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

confederation collapse: the act of forming an alliance or confederation; a union of political organizations

liaison collapse: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

hookup collapse: a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose; a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers"

inclusion collapse: the act of including; the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"; the state of being included

investment collapse: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank; the act of putting on robes or vestments; outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism; money that is invested with an expectation of profit

incorporation collapse: including by incorporating; consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

hypnosis collapse: a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion

commerce collapse: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services); social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

marry collapse: take in marriage; perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

separation collapse: the act of dividing or disconnecting; the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"; sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"; the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal); coming apart; the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"; the state of lacking unity

give away collapse: make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture"; formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father

agglomeration collapse: the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating; a jumbled collection or mass

connection collapse: shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"; an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"; a supplier (especially of narcotics); (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); "he has powerful connections"; a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"; a connecting shape; the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"

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