# 'match' Clause

The 'match' clause allows you to match values such as text,  dates, numerical and Boolean values. 

This query is the standard query for full text search.

**Example 1-**

```json
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "match": {
          "query": "free text for search" 
        }
    }
  }
}
```

In the above example, the text "free text for search" will be stemmed and parsed, and the resulting keywords will be matched with documents.

**Example 2-**

```json
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "match": {
          "species": "Asian Koel" 
        }
    }
  }
}
```

In the above example, documents with the field "species" and the value "Asian Koel" under this field will be returned. The text "Asian Koel" will not be stemmed nor normalized.