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/ˈɹɛp.ə.ʃɑːʒ/ · noun
(sports, countable) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round..
Use repechage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Repechage means (sports, countable) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use repechage where its definition matches the intended context.
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