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match-up

NOUN
  1. the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition
    we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools
    it was a good match-up but the home team won

How To Use match-up In A Sentence

  • The commentators were discussing defensive match-ups while the camera was panning over the crowd, occasionally stopping on a celebrity.
  • Battle system of N. E.O Online also includes territorial wars, guild battles, match-ups and indiscriminative attack mode. WarCry Network : Latest News
  • Just as an aside, Perry Forde, despite nicotine withdrawals was in fine fettle and led her team to victory in a riveting match-up led by quizmaster Billy Varley who also had to make the supreme sacrifice.
  • Wimbledon doubled the number of seeded players this year to 32 men and 32 women, a change adopted by all four Grand Slam tournaments to protect star players from tough early match-ups.
  • Even in the set offense, he usually needs to get by his match-up off the dribble to be able to operate, either looking for the basket or feeding a teammate (often with kick-out passes).
  • Polls including those voters show Obama beating McCain handily in a general match-up. Poll shows both Clinton and Obama beating McCain
  • The Freezer: That's the nickname of Green Bay's B.J. Raji he even uses it in his Twitter handle and the New Jersey-raised nose tackle threw a little fire into the match-up Thursday when he said the Giants offensive line isn't "the toughest group I've been against. Giants Packing Confidence
  • The following day an intimate crowd of friends and family gather in the backyard under a small gazebo to watch the pseudo match-up.
  • If it's a ‘rivalry’ match-up, there's the chance he may halt it in a tie and leave 32,000 fans with a shred of dignity.
  • It is an almost perfect match-up, which could produce the game of the championship.
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