rerun

Meaning

Noun

1. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
2. (US) 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. (transitive) To run again; to repeat.
2. (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
3. (intransitive) To be broadcast again.
4. (transitive) To run (a race or other contest) again.
5. (transitive) 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

Translations

rediffusion

Wiederholung

Wiederholungslauf

reponer

replica

Wiederaufführung

ripresa

wiederholen

🔁

reprise

reprise

⌚

reestrenar

rediffuser

réémission

reposició

recourir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːɹʌn/

Etymology

From re- + run.