rerelease

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ release.

Verb

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rerelease (third-person singular simple present rereleases, present participle rereleasing, simple past and past participle rereleased)

  1. To release (a film, video game, etc.) again.
    • 2000, Matthew Bernstein, Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era:
      For example, in 1926 MGM's desire to rerelease their 1921 hit The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse led to discussions between Hays and the German ambassador.

Noun

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rerelease (plural rereleases)

  1. A rereleased item.
    That film deserves a rerelease; it didn't get much attention when it first came out.
    • 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 39:
      In the fall of 2016, Mike Judge's 2006 comedy film Idiocracy appeared in select theaters across the United States. Ostensibly a ten-year-anniversary event, the rerelease also happened to coincide with Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and the impending U.S. election.