rerun

[ree-ruhn, ree-ruhn]

verb (used with object)

reran, rerun, rerunning. 

1. to run again.

noun

1. the act of rerunning.

2. a showing of a motion picture or television program after its initial run, usually some months or years later.

3. the motion picture or television program being shown again.

4. Informal.,  a person or thing that is merely a restatement or imitation of something familiar; rehash.

   The plot is just a rerun of every other spy story.

rerun

verb

1. to broadcast or put on (a film, play, series, etc) again

2. to run (a race, etc) again

noun

1. a film, play, series, etc, that is broadcast or put on again; repeat

2. a race that is run again

3. computing the repeat of a part of a computer program

Word History and Origins

Origin of rerun¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; re- + run

Example Sentences

The episode that aired the weekend he wrote that tweet was a rerun.

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Chakwera won the rerun by a huge margin the following year.

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An executive producer for “The Charlie Kirk Show” and close friend of the conservative personality has asked Paramount to continue airing reruns of the episode that features a parody of the slain political influencer.

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While Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was preempted by a rerun of “Celebrity Family Feud,” continuing ABC’s indefinite suspension of the talk show, some of Kimmel’s late-night colleagues used their platform to sound off.

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Comedy Central pulled a rerun of a recent episode mocking Charlie Kirk that was meant to air hours after Kirk’s death.

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Related Words

• echo 
• recite 
• rehash 
• reiterate 
• renew 
• replay 
• restate