match vs retrofit

match

noun
  • A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface. 

  • Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority. 

  • Equality of conditions in contest or competition. 

  • A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. 

  • A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match. 

  • Equivalence; a state of correspondence. 

  • A marriage. 

  • A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics. 

  • Suitability. 

  • An agreement or compact. 

  • A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould. 

  • Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison. 

verb
  • To make a successful match or pairing. 

  • To agree; to be equal; to correspond. 

  • To equal or exceed in achievement. 

  • To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to. 

  • To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges. 

  • To be an example of a rule or regex. 

retrofit

noun
  • An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting. 

  • A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

verb
  • To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize. 

  • Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”) 

  • To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances. 

  • To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

  • To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc. 

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