reread

[ verb ree-reed; noun ree-reed ]

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verb (used with object),re·read

[ree-red], /riˈrɛd/, re·read·ing

[ree-ree-ding]. /riˈri dɪŋ/.

to read (something) again.

noun

the act of reading something again.

Origin of reread

re- + read¹

Words Nearby reread

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How to use reread in a sentence

The thorniest bits are most appropriate for amateur physics aficionados who desire a deeper understanding, and those bits may require a reread before sinking in.
‘Elusive’ profiles the physicist who predicted the Higgs boson | Emily Conover | June 28, 2022 | Science News
I reread the above two paragraphs and I see that I sound a bit like a textbook, and a quaint one at that, one printed long ago.
Don’t Repeal Any Laws, Repeal John Boehner | Michael Tomasky | July 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The uproar over Ferguson's off-the-cuff quip sent me back to reread it.
What I Wrote About Keynes | David Frum | May 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
I love nothing more than to reread what I wrote the night before.
André Aciman: How I Write | Noah Charney | November 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
I reread it often: Oates invokes dread so beautifully it makes me weep.
Gillian Flynn: How I Write | Noah Charney | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Breathlessly, I told him that I had reread his Foundation books several times.
Ken Follett’s Book Bag: Five Greatest Trilogies | Ken Follett | September 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
I read and reread this letter ten times over; then the thought of the pain it would give to Marguerite calmed me a little.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, fils
When she had read and reread it many times, she blushingly kissed it, and hid it in her bosom.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
I have some packets of letters preserved to-day that I read and reread.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter Germain
Also there were certain articles in old numbers of the Atlantic that they read and reread.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
Robespierre went off in bitter resentment to the club of his supporters, and reread his speech to them!
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for reread

reread

/ (riːˈriːd) /

verb-reads, -reading or -read (tr)

to read (something) again

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