Meaning of match day | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents.
2. The day on which a sporting event takes place.

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Examples

“On match⟳ day, at exactly noon, we would each receive⟳ a white envelope with a single piece of paper listing the hospital and program⟳ where we would spend⟳ the next several years.”

“The fourth-year medical students are getting anxious. It's getting close⟳ to match⟳ day. In a few weeks they will find⟳ out where they're going to spend⟳ the next several years of training.”

“For a player to perform⟳, his body machinery must be continually fuelled, oiled and checked long before the first whistle. Match⟳ day strategies involving the consumption of large amounts of food deemed to have⟳ a beneficial content with regard to performance should therefore not be used as a substitute for a poor diet across the preceding days or weeks.”

“The station will be adjacent to Millwall Football Club's ground and would help⟳ ease the burden of match-day crowds.”

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