rerun

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Etymology

re- +‎ run

Pronunciation

• (UK, noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːɹʌn/, (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɹʌn/
• (US, noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiɹʌn/, (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɹʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

rerun (plural reruns)

1. (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
2. (politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
3. (computing) A second or subsequent run of a program.

   Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.

Synonyms

• (television program shown after its initial presentation): repeat

Translations

television program shown after its initial presentation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重播 (chóngbō)

• Finnish: uusinta (fi)
• French: rediffusion (fr) f, reprise (fr) f
• German: Wiederaufführung f

• Hebrew: שִדּוּר חוֹזֵר m (shidùr-khozér)
• Japanese: 再放送 (さいほうそう, saihōsō)
• Russian: повторный показ m (povtórnyj pokáz), повторение (ru) n (povtorénije), повтор (ru) m (povtór), ретрансляция (ru) f (retransljácija)

Verb

rerun (third-person singular simple present reruns, present participle rerunning, simple past reran, past participle rerun)

1. (transitive) To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
2. (transitive) To run (a race) again.
3. (transitive) To run (a computer program) again.

Translations

run (a television program) again

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重播 (chóngbō)

• French: rediffuser (fr) f
• Japanese: 再放送する (さいほうそうする, saihōsō suru)

• Romanian: relua (ro)
• Russian: ретранслировать (ru) (retranslírovatʹ), повторять трансляцию (povtorjátʹ transljáciju), повторять (ru) (povtorjátʹ) (переда́чу)

run (a race) again