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MATCH POINT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does match point mean?

• MATCH POINT (noun)
The noun MATCH POINT has 1 sense:

1. (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)

Familiarity information: MATCH POINT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MATCH POINT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("match point" is a kind of...):

point (the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest)

Domain category:

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)

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