rerun

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

repeat

🔁

repetition

rebroadcast

rerunning

fall

iteration

makeup

occur

play back

reconditioning

recur

recurrence

redistillation

redo

rehandle

reissue

reiteration

renew

replay

reprocessing

resort

restart

restatement

resumption

retake

retreat

revive

rewind

⏪

rollback

run

redistill

turn

action replay

reshow

backroll

retreatment

run again

have recourse

roll-back

appeal

make-up

apply

be

duplicate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːɹʌn/

Etymology

From re- + run.