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match

verb [T] (EQUAL)
 
 
/mætʃ/

Definition

C1 to be as good as someone or something else: It would be difficult to match the service this airline gives its customers.Balance and imbalance
(Definition of match verb (EQUAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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