(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
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My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
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Can you play billiards? / Yes, do you wish to have a match with me? / Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure. We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble.
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1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press: