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matchmaker

matchmaker

3 3.4
A service that pairs people by looking at their information
  • noun
  • /ˈmæʧˌmeɪkər/
  • Texting
translation icon : servicio de emparejamiento
  • The platform serves as a digital matchmaker, helping users find potential friends or collaborators.
  • play matchmaker
  • online matchmaker
  • matchmaker can help

And so we I I own a matchmaking company matchmakers in the city.

Examples

  • Online matchmakers often use algorithms to pair individuals based on their interests and preferences.

  • However, online matchmakers' escalating claims that their services derive from scientific methods remain questionable because solid empirical evidence for such claims is rarely offered.

    Academic text (2004)
  • We just announced our "Sweet Deal" campaign, a creative effort to play matchmaker for our many available Chihuahuas.

    Blog text (11)
  • GamingClimax also offers its unique and exclusive Matchmaker feature.

    Blog text (25)
  • Here, NATO can act as a matchmaker, bringing nations together to identify what they can do jointly at a lower cost, more efficiently, and with less risk.

    Academic text (2011)
  • After uploading their profiles, users can connect through the matchmaker's website to explore shared goals.

Antonyms

89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

Surface Forms

matchmaker singular
matchmakers plural

Morphology

matchmaker = match + maker (transparent) = match + maker

The app/service is understood as an entity that 'makes' matches; the compounding logic applies directly to digital or algorithmic services.

Etymology

Matchmaker is also used for a service or app that 'makes matches' between people or things, because match means a 'pair' and maker means 'one who makes'. So a matchmaker today can be a dating app or platform that pairs people by their profiles and choices.