rematch

English

Etymology

re- +‎ match

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /riːˈmætʃ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈriː.mætʃ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

rematch (plural rematches)

1. A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.

   After being beaten in pool by Melanie, Mohner asked for a rematch.

Translations

second contest between the same opponents, a return game

German: Revanche (de) f. Hungarian: visszavágó (hu)

Russian: переигровка (ru) (pereigróvka) f., матч-реванш (ru) (matč-revánš) m. Spanish: revancha (es) f.

Verb

rematch (third-person singular simple present rematches, present participle rematching, simple past and past participle rematched)

1. To bring opponents together for such a contest.
2. To stage such a contest.
3. (transitive) To match again or anew.

   We had to rematch the mixed-up parts.