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Matchmaking is the process of matching two or more people together, usually for the purpose of marriage, in which case the matchmaker is also known as a marriage broker. The word is also used in the context of sporting events such as boxing, in business, in online video games and in pairing organ donors.
A matchmaker, or marriage broker, is a person who engages in matchmaking, sometimes as a profession. Matchmaker or The Matchmaker may also refer to:
The Matchmaker painting by Gerard van Honthorst (1590–1656) People can meet other people on their own or the get-together can be arranged by someone else. Matchmaking is an art based entirely on hunches since it is impossible to predict with certainty whether two people will like each other or not.
[28] This person is a neutral matchmaker when families are trying to plan an arranged marriage. The nayan usually has two roles that they play: one is as a marriage scout and the other is as a negotiator. As a marriage scout, the matchmaker goes out into the community and tries to find a potential match for the person who wants to get married.
Miai (見合い, "matchmaking", literally "look meet"), or omiai (お見合い) as it is properly known in Japan with the honorific prefix o-, is a Japanese traditional custom which relates closely to Western matchmaking, in which a woman and a man are introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage.
In the past and until today in more conservative Orthodox Jewish circles, dating is limited to the search for a marriage partner. Both sides (usually the parents, close relatives or friends of the persons involved, and the singles themselves) make inquiries about the prospective partner (e.g., on his/her character, intelligence, level of learning, financial status, family and health status ...
Matchmaker.com (Dating service founded in 1986 which had 259,771 [34] users) Craigslist (personal ads were removed) Find Your FaceMate; See also.
Since the 2010s, Internet dating has become more popular with smartphones. Online dating, also known as internet dating, virtual dating, or mobile app dating, [1] is a method used by people with a goal of searching for and interacting with potential romantic or sexual partners, via the internet.