matching /ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/adjective 2noun 2forms 3 adjective2 •The same as another; sharing the same design.We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs. •That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary.I greet you across the miles and hold out my hand to you and wish you many sunlit days and matching moonlit nights. — 1980 noun2 •The process by which things are matched together or paired up. •A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one. formsmatchings · better matching · best matching