rematch

English

Etymology

re- +‎ match

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.mætʃ/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈmætʃ/

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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.

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

Coordinate terms

• grudge match

Translations

second contest between the same opponents, a return game

• Catalan: revenja f
• 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
• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• 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