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tennis match

tennis match

8 1.1
A game of tennis played between two players or two pairs in a tournament
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛnɪs mætʃ/
translation icon : partido de tenis
  • And then we had this amazing tennis match between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Daniel Medvedev of Russia.
  • start of a tennis match

Oh, Kylie Jenner was at a tennis match with Timmy Chalamet, right.

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Examples

  • I went to the tennis match this afternoon, and I was humiliated.

    Tea and Sympathy (1956)

  • One day, after a tennis match, he pointed to a car parked next to a tree.

    Blog text (23)

  • For once in your life, your tennis match will wait.

    Alpha Dog (2006)

  • So, you have to know it's this little tennis match that will go on for a while.

    The Secret (2006)

  • I feel like I'm watching a tennis match.

    The Stepfather (1987)

  • I used to get really tense before big tennis matches.

    Match Point (2005)

  • I asked him if he needed help finding something or had a question, and he told me, "I have a big tennis match this afternoon, and I need a quiet place so I can keep myself calm and focused."

    Academic text (2014)

  • In another instance, I happened to attend the recent inter-scholastic tennis matches.

    Tell Your Children (1938)

  • Either you're under eight cars looking for a missing spark plug, or you're perched up here, umpiring a tennis match between two players who aren't there.

    Sabrina (1954)

  • The tennis match was thrilling, with both players showcasing their incredible skills.

Synonyms

game
vstennis match
∞ 1.0

One part of a match in sports, played to win points

is a full contest in one racket sport rather than a part of play
match
vstennis match
517 1.4

A game in which two teams or players compete

is a contest limited to one racket sport between two players or pairs

How Important

final
191 2.0
tournament
745 1.8
tennis match
8 1.1

Surface Forms

tennis match singular
tennis matches plural

Morphology

tennis + match

The phrase is directly compositional: 'tennis' names the sport and 'match' denotes a contest, so their combination unambiguously refers to a contest of tennis. This follows a common and cross-linguistic noun + noun naming pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.

Etymology

Tennis match comes from the word match, which used to mean a 'pair' or a 'contest' between two people or teams. So a tennis match is simply two players or two teams paired to play a game of tennis.