rerun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
  2. A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
  3. Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
  4. A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
  5. A second or subsequent run of a computer program.
verb
  1. To run again; to repeat.
  2. To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
  3. To be broadcast again.
  4. To run (a race or other contest) again.
  5. To run (a computer program) again.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹiːɹʌn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rerun (noun).wav /ɹiːˈɹʌn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rerun (verb).wav /ˈɹiɹʌn/ /ɹiˈɹʌn/ En-us-rerun.oga

Word forms

rerun reruns re-run rerunning reran

Etymology

From re- + run.

Synonyms

Derived words

Translations

Korean: 재경주(再競走)하다
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