match-merge

verb

To merge sets of objects while excluding duplicates.

“The last match-merge produced the list we reported.”

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Meanings

verbmatch-merge (third-person singular simple present match-merges, present participle match-merging, simple past and past participle match-merged)

present singular third person match-merges · participle present match-merging · participle past match-merged · past match-merged

  1. computingTo merge sets of objects while excluding duplicates.

    The lists are match-merged, so if you are on both lists, you are not twice as likely to be chosen.

    1 more example

    "When you want to match-merge several data sets and the data sets do not all match by the same variables […]"

    2012, Michele M. Burlew, SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy
nounmatch-merge (plural match-merges)

plural match-merges

  1. the process of match-merging

    The last match-merge produced the list we reported.

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APA

match-merge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match-merge

MLA

“match-merge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match-merge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “match-merge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match-merge.

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