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If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory.
John Curtin

Meaning of "football match" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOOTBALL MATCH

football match  [ˈfʊtˌbɔːl mætʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOTBALL MATCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Football match is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOOTBALL MATCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of football match in the English dictionary

The definition of football match in the dictionary is a match played between two football teams.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOOTBALL MATCH


attach
əˈtætʃ
batch
bætʃ
catch
kætʃ
cockmatch
ˈkɒkˌmætʃ
despatch
dɪˈspætʃ
detach
dɪˈtætʃ
dispatch
dɪˈspætʃ
hatch
hætʃ
latch
lætʃ
match
mætʃ
mismatch
ˌmɪsˈmætʃ
mix-and-match
ˌmɪksəndˈmætʃ
outmatch
aʊtˈmætʃ
overmatch
ˌəʊvəˈmætʃ
patch
pætʃ
rach
rætʃ
rematch
ˈriːˌmætʃ
scratch
skrætʃ
smatch
smætʃ
snatch
snætʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOTBALL MATCH

footbag
football
football game
football ground
football hooligan
football hooliganism
football league
football pitch
football player
football pools
football season
football special
football supporter
footballene
footballer
footballing
footballist
footbar
footbath
footboard

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOTBALL MATCH

away match
boxing match
cross-match
exhibition match
friendly match
grudge match
home match
league match
love match
on the watch
practice match
return match
safety match
shield match
shooting match
shouting match
sparring match
test match
the whole shooting match
varsity match
wrestling match

Synonyms and antonyms of football match in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «football match» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOTBALL MATCH

Find out the translation of football match to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of football match from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «football match» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

足球比赛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

partido de fútbol
570 millions of speakers

English

football match
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फुटबॉल मैच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُبَارَاةُ كُرَةِ القَدَم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

футбольный матч
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

partida de futebol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুটবল ম্যাচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

match de football
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perlawanan bola sepak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fußballspiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フットボールの試合
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축구 경기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bal-balan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trận bóng đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கால்பந்து போட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुटबॉलचा सामना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Futbol maçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

partita di calcio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mecz piłkarski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

футбольний матч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

meci de fotbal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποδοσφαιρικός αγώνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sokker wedstryd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fotbollsmatch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fotballkamp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of football match

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOTBALL MATCH»

The term «football match» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.932 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOTBALL MATCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «football match» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «football match» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about football match

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8 QUOTES WITH «FOOTBALL MATCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word football match.
1
Gael Garcia Bernal
When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
2
Gabriel Byrne
I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
3
James Cosmo
I got a couple of front teeth knocked out during a football match when I was hit by a flying elbow.
4
John Curtin
If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory.
5
Diego Maradona
To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.
6
Andy Partridge
I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say.
7
Stuart Pearce
I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.
8
Bobby Robson
The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOTBALL MATCH»

Discover the use of football match in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to football match and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Yuck's Fantastic Football Match
YUCK'S FANTASTIC FOOTBALL MATCH Yuck's football team, the All Stars, have made it through the cup final. They just have to beat rivals, Hooray United and the trophy is theirs!
Matt and Dave, 2010
2
Chacha Chaudhary Football Match English
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Pran, 2013
3
A Comparison of the Syntax of Football Match Reports in ...
It compares the syntax of football match reports in British newspapers. Therefore, a corpus consisting of football match reports was composed. The corpus used for this study is compiled of four different newspapers. The Guardian and The ...
Florian Schweitzer, 2013
4
Sentencing Referencer 2012 print and eBook
Sentencing Referencer 28 from a regulated football match in respect of which the court makes a declaration of relevance; (n) any offence involving the use, carrying or possession of an offensive weapon or a firearm committed while the ...
Dr David A Thomas, QC
5
Regulating Football: Commodification, Consumption and the Law
The offences necessary to trigger such an order were connected to a prescribed football match which was a match defined by the Secretary of State by Statutory Order. The offence had to fulfil one or more of three conditions: s31 (2) ... the first  ...
Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn, 2001
6
The Economics of Football
The first approach, favoured by many applied statisticians, involves modelling the numbers of goals scored and conceded in 79 The Economics of Football: 4 Forecasting models for football match results Introduction 4.1 Previous literature on ...
Stephen Dobson, John Goddard, 2011
7
Football: The First Hundred Years : the Untold Story
Marples believes that Hughes derived his account of the football match from that of W. D. Arnold. M. Marples, A History of Football, p. 114. 114 A Rugbeian, Football: The first day of the sixth match (Rugby, 1851) p. 17. 115 A Rugbeian ...
Adrian Harvey, 2005
8
Football Match
The themes of the stories are drawn from everyday life and each book is beautifully illustrated in full colour.
Marie Wabbes, 1991
9
Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2012 (book only)
Banning orders made under the Act were quashed in Elliott [2007] 2 Cr App R (S) 430, where a group of men who had attended a football match were later involved in violence in a public house but the violence was itself unrelated to the match ...
‎2011
10
Football and European Identity: Historical Narratives ...
Once inside, though, readers interested in the events surrounding the football match were greeted by no fewer than four articles of commentary and interpretation, all of which shared a common theme. The first article concentrated primarily on ...
Liz Crolley, David Hand, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOTBALL MATCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term football match is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Minutes silence to be held at football match for Tunisia victims …
A minutes silence for Tunisia terror victims Carly Lovett and Claire Windass is being held before this afternoon's Gainsborough Trinity v ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
2
Opinion: Bad behaviour is bad behaviour anywhere – even at a …
Opinion: Bad behaviour is bad behaviour anywhere – even at a football match. by: Michelle Collins; From: The Sunday Mail (Qld); July 12, 2015 ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
3
WATCH: Robson Green plays Shrovetide football in Northumberland
TV star Robson Green experienced the thrills and spills of Alnwick's ancient Shrovetide football match, as part of filming for the third series of ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Foodbank football fundraiser today - Cumbernauld Media
CUMBERNAULD'S Ravenswood Playing Fields will today host a special charity football match, organised by one local campaign group, in aid ... «Cumbernauld Media, Jul 15»
5
World's longest football match raises £80000 in memory of young …
World's longest football match raises £80,000 in memory of young footballer Craig Gowans. 11:31, 10 July 2015; By Keith McLeod ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
6
Charity football match for children with additional support needs
Cumbernauld organisation PALS is holding a charity football match this weekend to support its work with children who have various learning ... «Cumbernauld News, Jul 15»
7
From Walford to Salford: Soapstar Matt tops bill at charity football
TV soapstars Matt Lapinskas, Luke Roskell, Reece Douglas, Cell Spellman and Nico Mirallegro are expected to play in a charity football match ... «Mancunian Matters, Jul 15»
8
Duck Family Disrupts Football Match Featuring Russia's Zenit (Video)
A family of ducks temporarily disrupted a friendly football match between Russia's Zenit St. Petersburg and Bulgaria's FC Ludogorets after ... «The Moscow Times, Jul 15»
9
Memorial football match to mark one year since death of "much …
THE colleagues, friends and family of a Worcester police officer will mark a year since his sudden death with a memorial football match. «Worcester News, Jul 15»
10
Best Place To Sit At A Football Match
Best Place To Sit At A Football Match. It can't just be me, who before choosing a season ticket or match day ticket, scours the available seats to ... «Vitalfootball, Jul 15»

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