reread
Americanverb (used with object)
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rereads,
present (3rd person singular)
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reread,
past participle, past
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rereading
present participle
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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rereadsimple
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rereadssimple
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have rereadperfect
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has rereadperfect
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am rereadingprogressive
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are rereadingprogressive
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is rereadingprogressive
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have been rereadingperfect progressive
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has been rereadingperfect progressive
Past
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rereadsimple
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had rereadperfect
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was rereadingprogressive
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were rereadingprogressive
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had been rereadingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reread
Explanation
When you reread something, you read it for a second (or third, or fourth) time. You may want to reread a book for school to make sure you understand the material before a big test. If you read the back of a cereal box every morning at breakfast, you'll reread the same text again and again. And, if you reread your chemistry notes a few times before a quiz, it'll help you get a good grade. You probably have a favorite book that you reread every once in a while too. Sometimes people use this word as a noun: "Will you give my story a reread before I submit it to the literary magazine?"
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He even thinks the tech could get people to reread old favorites: "Now is the time to maybe dive into areas where it was really hard to do in the past."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Mock, who reread The Lord of the Rings every year from fourth grade through ninth grade, has simpler dreams: “a hobbit hole out in the countryside, and as little as possible.”
From Slate ● May 28, 2026
“And they are classic because they allowed us to reread it, and they speak in the present. That’s magic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Her challenging books demand to be plumbed, debated, compared—and reread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Now I have bent close with a glass over the small print of her and reread the footnotes, and I wonder if it was true.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Here, Henry discusses her writing process, an author she rereads every year and the meaning behind the Taylor Swift needle-drop in “People We Meet on Vacation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
Even on rereads, which I try to do every year, I find my heart racing and my palms sweating within a hundred pages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
Rogers rereads her favorite author, Nora Roberts, and catches television shows here and there — “NCIS” and “JAG.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Diski rereads Anne Frank’s diaries, in their censored and uncensored versions.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
She has us close our eyes while she rereads the description of the hot dog slathered in toppings and wrapped up with crunchy french fries.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
To my mind, there is no better way to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary than rereading “Common Sense.”
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
The 250th anniversary of July 4, 1776, comes up next year, and many of us are rereading the old documents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
I grew up in Los Angeles a hopeless romantic with my head permanently tilted toward the sky and a copy of “Romeo and Juliet” worn from rereading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
"I kept rereading it and thought 'This cannot be, surely?'," said the 67-year-old.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
I hang up, too, and tap back into my Ben texts, reading and rereading until I think I might burst.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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