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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːɹʌn/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (verb) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈɹʌn/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US, noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiɹʌn/, (verb) IPA(key): /ɹiˈɹʌn/
- Rhymes: -ʌn
Noun[edit]
rerun (plural reruns)
- (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
- I'm not a fan of the new Simpsons episodes, but the old reruns have me in stitches, although I've seen them countless times.
- (publishing) Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
- (politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
- (computing) A second or subsequent run of a program.
- Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.
Synonyms[edit]
- (television program shown after its initial presentation): repeat
Translations[edit]
television program shown after its initial presentation
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Verb[edit]
rerun (third-person singular simple present reruns, present participle rerunning, simple past reran, past participle rerun)
- (transitive) To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
- They're still rerunning The Flintstones on this channel.
- (transitive) To run (a race or other contest) again.
- rerun the election
- (transitive) To run (a computer program) again.
- Restart the computer and rerun the installation.
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Translations[edit]
run (a television program) again
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run (a race) again
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