overmatch

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To match more than intended.

   “The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.”

2. fiil To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish.

   “And wel his merits ſhew him to be made His Fortunes maiſter, and the king of men. That could perſwade at ſuch a ſodaine pinch, With reaſons of his valour and his life, A thouſand ſworne and ouer-matching foes:”

3. fiil To marry (someone) to a superior.

   “If a yeoman have one sole daughter, he must overmatch her, above her birth and calling, to a gentleman forsooth, because of her great portion […]”

4. isim A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.

   “[…] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.”

5. isim An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.

   “For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.”