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To carry out matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From match + make, as a back-formation from matchmaking.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
сва́таць
(svátacʹ)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Chinese Mandarin:
做媒
(zuòméi)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Chinese Mandarin:
保媒
(bǎoméi)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Finnish:
välittää naimakauppa
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Finnish:
parittaa
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Finnish:
naittaa
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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German:
verkuppeln
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Korean:
중매하다
(jungmaehada)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Korean:
중매를 서다
(jungmaereul seoda)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Church Slavic:
сватати
(svatati)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Polish:
swatać
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Polish:
wyswatać
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Russian:
сва́тать
(svátatʹ)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Russian:
сосва́тать
(sosvátatʹ)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Spanish:
emparejar humanamente
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Spanish:
emparejar a gente
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Tajik:
хостгорӣ кардан
(xostgori kardan)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Ukrainian:
сва́тати
(svátaty)
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Vietnamese:
làm mối
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
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Vietnamese:
làm mai
— to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
