rematch
/ˈɹiː.mætʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship.
Example Sentences
- "After being beaten in pool by Melanie, John asked for a rematch."
- "The general requisites for remarriage are simply an evaluation of past failures and good, sincere intentions for the rematch."
- "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."
- "We had to rematch the mixed-up parts."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English match English rematch From re- + match.