: the act or action or an instance of rerunning : repetition
especially
: a movie or television show that is rerun
Examples of rerun in a Sentence
Verb
Last week's show is being rerun tomorrow night.
They reran the race, but the result was the same.
He reran the software on my computer.
Noun
She spent her vacation watching summer reruns.
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Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
The film will be rerun on October 30 at the festival.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
There won't be an episode next week (a rerun will air instead), but the following week will feature the Group B Finals in '60s Night.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Biden tends to chat so long that event organizers have to rerun the soundtrack.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
The film will be rerun on October 30 at the festival.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
Noun
While a fair number of New Yorkers may be at home alone tonight, watching prestige-TV reruns and trying to enter a fugue state, plenty of us plan to lean into the misery (or joy) of watching the election results in numbers.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
There won't be an episode next week (a rerun will air instead), but the following week will feature the Group B Finals in '60s Night.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Rerun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rerun. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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rerun
2 of 2 noun
re·run
ˈrē-ˌrən 
(ˈ)rē-ˈrən
1
: the act or action or an instance of rerunning
2
: a television program or movie that is rerun
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