rematch — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Examples

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

2. A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship.

   Examples

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

   More examples (1)

   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.

Verb

1. To bring opponents together for such a contest.

2. To stage such a contest.

3. To match again or anew.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   We had to rematch the mixed-up parts.

Noun

1. something (especially a game) that is played again

   Synonyms

   replay

   Broader terms

   repeatrepetition