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

   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

   2 more examples

   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

present singular third person rematches · participle present rematching · participle past rematched · past rematched

1. To bring opponents together for such a contest.
2. To stage such a contest.
3. transitiveTo match again or anew.

   We had to rematch the mixed-up parts.