rematch

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈɹiː.mætʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /ɹiːˈmætʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

rematch (plural rematches)

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

   Coordinate term: grudge match

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

2. A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship.
   • 1977, Stanley A. Ellisen, “The Marriage Relation: Where Angels Fear to Tread”, in Divorce and Remarriage in the Church, Grands Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, page 24:

     The general requisites for remarriage are simply an evaluation of past failures and good, sincere intentions for the rematch.

   • 2005, “Unanswered Questions”, in Richard Sanders, editor, People Yearbook 2005: The Best & Worst of the Year, New York, N.Y.: People Books, →ISBN, page 84:

     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.

   • 2009, Nancy Felix, “The Art of the Rematch – When Things Go Wrong”, in Oh My, Au Pair! A Complete Guide to Hiring and Hosting an Au Pair, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 133:

     The au pair agencies will tell you that only about one in ten matches ends in a rematch.

Derived terms

• rematchmaker

Translations

second contest between the same opponents, a return game

• Catalan: revenja (ca) f
• Chinese:

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• Danish: omkamp c
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: uusintaottelu
• French: revanche (fr)
• German: Revanche (de) f
• Hungarian: visszavágó (hu)
• Italian: rivincita (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omkamp m

  Nynorsk: omkamp m

• Occitan: revenja (oc) f
• Portuguese: revanche (pt) f
• Romanian: revanșă (ro) f
• Russian: переигро́вка (ru) f (pereigróvka), матч-рева́нш (ru) m (matč-revánš)
• Spanish: revancha (es) f, desquite (es) m
• Turkish: rövanş (tr)

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.

Anagrams

• marchet, martech, matcher