Editing Matchmaking (section)

{{Short description|Process of matching two or more people together, usually for the purpose of marriage}}
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{{About|the profession/tradition of marital matchmaking in different world cultures through history|information about modern methods of matchmaking, such as online dating|Dating|Information about matchmaking in online video games |Matchmaking (video games)}}
[[File:Gerrit van Honthorst - De koppelaarster.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Gerard van Honthorst]], ''The Match-Maker'' (1625)]]
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'''Matchmaking''' is the process of pairing two or more people together, usually for the purpose of [[marriage]], in which case the intermediary or matchmaker is also known as a '''marriage broker'''. Matchmaking may be done as a profession for a fee or it may be done by clergy.

The term is also used in the context of other analogous pairing activities, such as with sporting events such as boxing, in business, [[Matchmaking (video games)|online video games]] and in pairing [[organ donor]]s.