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rerun
- /ˈɹiːɹʌn/ UK
- /ˈɹiɹʌn/ US
- /ɹiːˈɹʌn/
- /ɹiˈɹʌn/
Rhymes with -ʌn
noun reruns · re-run
- An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition. Even some strong supporters of leaving the UK worry that an early re-run would be doomed to failure.
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A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
I'm not a fan of the new Simpsons episodes, but the old reruns have me in stitches, although I've seen them countless times.
Similar: repeat
- Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
- A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
- A second or subsequent run of a computer program. Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.
verb reruns · rerunning · reran · rerun · re-run
- To run again; to repeat. Ms. Hill has rerun those questions in her mind. “If the girls told me they want to stay where they are, I would have to leave them,” she said.
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To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
They're still rerunning The Flintstones on this channel.
Similar: reair
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To be broadcast again.
Everyone is talking about Lemonade, Beyoncé's new visual album that immediately became a sensation when it debuted on HBO on Saturday night. For those who missed it (and those without a loved one's HBO Go password), Lemonade even reran just before the Game of Thrones' highly anticipated season six p
Similar: reair
- To run (a race or other contest) again. rerun the election
- To run (a computer program) again. Restart the computer and rerun the installation.
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noun television program shown after its initial presentation
| Español | reposición, redifusión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재방송 jaebangsong, 재방 jaebang |
| 日本語 | 再放送 saihōsō |
| 中文 | 重播 chóngbō |
| Português | reposição, reprise |
| Français | rediffusion, reprise |
| Deutsch | Wiederausstrahlung, Wiederholung |
| Русский | повто́рный пока́з povtórnyj pokáz, повторе́ние povtorénije, повто́р povtór, ретрансля́ция retransljácija |
| עברית | שִׁדּוּר חוֹזֵר shidúr khozér |
verb run (a race) again
| 한국어 | 재경주(再競走)하다 jaegyeongjuhada |
|---|
verb run (a television program) again
| Español | repetir, reemitir, volver a emitir, reponer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재방송(再放送)하다 jaebangsonghada, 재방(再放)하다 jaebanghada |
| 日本語 | 再放送する saihōsō suru |
| 中文 | 重播 chóngbō |
| Português | repor, reprisar |
| Français | rediffuser |
| Română | relua |
| Русский | ретрансли́ровать retranslírovatʹ, повторя́ть трансля́цию povtorjátʹ transljáciju, повторя́ть povtorjátʹ |
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@misc{rerun_2026,
title = {rerun},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rerun},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
