rematch
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (noun) /ˈɹiː.mætʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - IPA(key): (verb) /ɹiːˈmætʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ætʃ
Noun
rematch (plural rematches)
- 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.
Coordinate terms
Translations
second contest between the same opponents, a return game
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Verb
rematch (third-person singular simple present rematches, present participle rematching, simple past and past participle rematched)
- To bring opponents together for such a contest.
- To stage such a contest.
- (transitive) To match again or anew.
- We had to rematch the mixed-up parts.