rematch
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈɹiː.mætʃ//
A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.
noun
- 1
A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.
After being beaten in pool by Melanie, John asked for a rematch.
- 2
A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship.
The general requisites for remarriage are simply an evaluation of past failures and good, sincere intentions for the rematch.
It was Affleck who canceled their 2003 wedding four days before the event, citing the attendant media circus, but when they canceled the rematch, a planned wedding at his Georgia estate, it was by mutual consent.
The au pair agencies will tell you that only about one in ten matches ends in a rematch.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English match English rematch From re- + match.
verb
- 1
To bring opponents together for such a contest.
- 2
To stage such a contest.
- 3
To match again or anew.
We had to rematch the mixed-up parts.
Forms
- plural
- rematches
- past tense
- rematched
- past participle
- rematched
- present participle
- rematching
- third person singular
- rematches
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