rerelease
- noun
- /ˌriːrɪˈliːs/
- We shouldn't leave it up to game publishers to decide when we replay the classics with HD collections and digital rereleases.
- film rerelease
- special edition rerelease
Examples
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Look at Paul Verhoeven's unrated 1998 rerelease of his 1987 RoboCop for the Criterion Collection.
Academic text (2010) -
Fans eagerly awaited the rerelease of the famous film with added special features.
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This status is confirmed by frequent rereleases of his films by Polish state and private television and on DVD.
Academic text (2016) -
To mark the 20th anniversary rerelease of their key Achtung Baby album, U2 had a rush of blood to the head.
Blog text (32) -
- Actually, there's one theory... that the environmental movement of our day... was sparked by the rerelease of Bambi in the late 1950s.
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Although The Fame and its 2009 expanded rerelease, The Fame Monster, earned positive critical reviews, Gaga's artistic reputation is also closely tied to an endless stream of avant-garde fashion worn in her music videos, performances, and public appearances.
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With the sole exception of Blood Simple (1984), which the Coen brothers trimmed by several minutes in a 2008 version, every director's rerelease I've seen has been bloated with needless additions.
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The rerelease of the classic album included three previously unreleased tracks.
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The authors announced a rerelease of their popular book, featuring a new introduction.
Synonyms
A version of a book that contains changes and is printed again
Making a book or article available to readers again as a new edition
A book or other work made again in the same form and sold
Making a book or article available to readers again
A new version of a text, film, or recording changed after its first release
Antonyms
How New
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rerelease comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word release, which means 'to make public'. So a rerelease is a work put out to the public again, often with changes or extra material.