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rerelease

rerelease

1 3.6
A film, album or book made available again with new content
  • noun
  • /ˌriːrɪˈliːs/
translation icon : nueva edición
  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

    Academic text (2013)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The rerelease of the classic album included three previously unreleased tracks.

  • The authors announced a rerelease of their popular book, featuring a new introduction.

Synonyms

new edition
vsrerelease
11 3.0

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

is a new issuance that may add changes or extras
republication
vsrerelease
1 6.2

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

is a new issuance that often includes changes or additions
reprinting
vsrerelease
1 3.2

A book or other work made again in the same form and sold

is a new issuance that usually changes or adds content not identical
republishing
vsrerelease
1 3.9

Making a book or article available to readers again

is the actual new issuance which often alters content or adds material
re-edit
vsrerelease
4.4

A new version of a text, film, or recording changed after its first release

is about issuing that revised version to the public not just editing

Antonyms

281 4.1

Removing people or things from a place

How New

new edition
11 3.0
rerelease
1 3.6
remaster
1 7.1
to reissue
12 4.4
reprint
5 3.7

Surface Forms

rerelease singular
rereleases plural

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.