Definition of "matching" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of match

adjective

1. The same as another; sharing the same design.

   • We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.

2. That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary.

noun

1. The process by which things are matched together or paired up.

2. (graph theory) 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.