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Definition: OVERMATCH |
OVERMATCHNoun1. One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched. Transitive verb1. To marry (one) to a superior. 2. To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish. |
Date "OVERMATCH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inequality | Verb: be unequal; Adjective: countervail; have the advantage, give the advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple,topple over; overmatch; not come up to. |
Strength | Verb: be strong; Adjective:, be stronger; overmatch. |
Success | Defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court. |
Superiority | Verb: be superior; Adjective: exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle; (importance); preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat; all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Phaedrus | Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Language | Translations for "OVERMATCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ia kaloj (anticipate, distance, do, fare, hand down, outclass, outdo, outrange, outrank, outrun, outstrip, overbalance, overshoot, refer, surpass, turn over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надминавам (bang, beat, better, exceed, outbalance, outdo, outgo, outreach, outrun, outstrip, out-top, outweigh, overpass, overreach, pass, surpass, top, transcend), превъзхождам (beat, cap, domineer, exceed, extinguish, outbalance, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outrival, outstrip, out-top, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overpass, overtop, surpass, transcend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | převyšovat silou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερτερώ (be more than a match for, beat, best, cap, outclass, outmatch, outrival, outweigh, surpass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | legyõz (bear down, conquer, defeat, down, get the best of, get the better of, master, outmatch, overcome, overplay, overpower, overrule, overtake, overturn, rout, subject, tide over, vanquish, worst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | essere più forte di, essere imbattibile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overmatchay vencer (bear down, clear away, defeat, lickerish, outdoor, outrival, overcome, overpass, overpowering, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph, vanquish, whop, win), superar (bear down, beat, better, cap, clear away, cope with, defeat, exceed, outgrow, outrival, overcome, paragraph, ride out, surmount, surpass, vanquish), irresistível (cogent, irreproachable, irresistible, irresolute, killing, overpowering, overwhelming, rambunctious, resistless, uncontrollable, ungovernable), exceder em capacidade. (various references) fi superior (outmatch, predominate, predominate over), depãşi (beat, better, defy, exceed, Excel, forereach, get ahead of, go by, head, outdo, outreach, outrun, outstep, outstrip, overreach, overrun, overshoot, overtake, pass, surpass, top, transcend, transgress), înfrânge (bear down, beat down, best, break, curb, defeat, foil, knock, master, overcome, overpower, pip, stifle, vanquish, worsen, worst). (various references) превосходить силой. (various references) savladati (cope, defeat, fight down, master, overcome, overmaster, overpower, scale, surmount, vanquish), nadmašiti (beat, break, cap, excel, outbalance, outbid, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outreach, outride, outstrip, out-top, outvie, overtop, score off, surpass, top, top up, transcend), biti nadmoćniji od. (various references) superar (better, break, come through, conquer, get over, outbalance, outgo, outpoint, outrange, outrival, outstrip, out-top, overcome, overpass, pass, surpass, throw over, weather). (various references) перевершувати іншого умінням, перевершувати іншого силою. (various references) người thắng (winner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vinco. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "OVERMATCH": overmatched, overmatches, overmatching. (additional references) | |
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"OVERMATCH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: onematch, Overath, overwatch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "OVERMATCH" (pronounced ō"verma"kh) |
| 3 | -m a" kh | mache, match, mismatch, rematch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-m-o-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: chromate. | |
-2 letters: matcher, overact, rematch, teraohm. | |
-3 letters: avocet, cavort, chorea, chroma, chrome, coater, comate, cometh, corvet, covert, hector, mother, ochrea, octave, orache, rachet, rochet, rotche, thrave, throve, tocher, troche, vector. | |
-4 letters: actor, amort, armet, avert, cameo, caret, carom, carte, carve, cater, caver, chare, charm, chart, cheat, chemo, chert, chore, comae, comer, comet, comte, cover. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-m-o-r-t-v" | |
+2 letters: overmatched, overmatches. | |
+3 letters: overemphatic, overmatching. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 56 45 52 4D 41 54 43 48 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. -- .- - -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01001101 01000001 01010100 01000011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O V E R M A T C H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0056 0045 0052 004D 0041 0054 0043 0048 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)495639524735543742 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Familiar 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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