rematch

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.
2. A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship.
   • The general requisites for remarriage are simply an evaluation of past failures and good, sincere intentions for the rematch.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
   • 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.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

Verb

IPA/ɹiːˈmætʃ/

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.