Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🔁 A new version 🔁 To release again
re-release

re-release

3.6
A new version of a film or album that people put out before
  • noun
  • /ˌriːrɪˈliːs/
  • UK
translation icon : re-lanzamiento
  • Fans were excited about the re-release of the band's greatest hits album, which included previously unreleased tracks.

Examples

  • That is where I stumbled upon a book event that Samantha Shannon was at and she did a whole talk about the re release of the Bone Season.

  • Joe James Cameron is producing a Centennial re release in IMAX of this film.

  • Joe James Cameron is producing a Centennial re release in IMAX of this film.

  • The studio announced a special re-release of the classic film, complete with new scenes and improved effects.

  • The cinema celebrated the re-release of the iconic movie with a special screening and a Q&A session with the director.

Synonyms

to reprint
vsre-release
29 3.5

To make new copies of a book or article, often after they sell out

covers any medium becoming available again, not only printed copies
new edition
vsre-release
11 3.0

A version of a book that contains changes and is printed again

means making something available again without substantial content revision
reissue
vsre-release
8 4.0

A book or music album released again, usually without changes

is a fresh public availability of something that was already available
to remaster
vsre-release
5 5.1

To make a recording, film, or game sound and look better using modern tools

means making the item available again without necessarily improving its quality
to rebroadcast
vsre-release
4 4.0

To show on television or radio again after its first showing

applies to any medium being made available again, not only broadcasts
retread
vsre-release
3 7.4

A new version of a film or show that copies an older one

refers simply to making prior material available again, not remaking it
republication
vsre-release
1 6.2

Making a book or article available to readers again as a new edition

is about making something available again, not the publishing process itself

Antonyms

withdrawal
281 4.1

Removing people or things from a place

cancellation
  • Texting
63 1.9

Stopping something planned so it no longer happens

How Updated

remaster
1 7.1
deluxe
14 4.3
re-release
  • UK
3.6
reissue
8 4.0

Surface Forms

re-release singular
re-releases plural

Morphology

re-release = release (transparent) = re + release

The noun is straightforwardly understood as a release made again or newly issued again.

Etymology

The word re-release starts with re- meaning 'again' and ends with release meaning 'to make public or let out'. So a re-release is a new version of a film, album, or game that is released again.