match day

noun

Definitions

  1. The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as…

    The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents.

    • 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.
  2. The day on which a sporting event takes place.

    • 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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