# Match query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query/145366>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query/145366 "2018-08-21T10:43:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![amaljose123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amaljose123/32/42205_2.png) [@amaljose123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amaljose123)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query/145366/1 "2018-08-21T10:43:41Z")

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is there any limit in the no.of terms i can use in simple match query

like

"query": {  
"match": {  
"sample": "hello world" //is there any limit in the no.of terms i can use here (not  
considering performance)  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![jaddison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@jaddison](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaddison)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query/145366/2 "2018-09-09T22:53:21Z")

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Interesting question (I don't know the answer). Is it just curiosity speaking, or are you running into trouble with a large number of terms?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query/145366/3 "2018-10-07T22:53:24Z")

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