to rerun
- verb
- /ˌriːˈrʌn/
- Every Saturday night, the network reruns classic episodes of the beloved sitcom.
- rerun a show
Examples
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- Now why would they rerun a news broadcast?
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After its successful initial run, the studio decided to rerun the popular show during the summer break.
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Then it's been rerun many, many times.
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Just to make sure that you are not losing your mind, you watch the Friends rerun again and then again.
Academic text (2008) -
Remember how last summer we used to watch Gunsmoke reruns three times a day?
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While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to rerun.
Blog text (29) -
These specials have been rerun on Boomerang a lot, so it is familiar.
Blog text (18) -
During that time, he refused to renew Comedy Central's license to rerun those episodes when the original agreement expired.
Blog text (8) -
The hubs and I were watching a Simpsons rerun the other day where Homer gets stuck in a water slide at an amusement park and has to be rescued via crane.
Blog text (3) -
To celebrate the anniversary, they will rerun the award-winning documentary for viewers who missed it the first time.
Synonyms
To do or say something again
To play a recording again to hear or see it once more
To perform a song or part again
To show on television or radio again after its first showing
To present something again, for example a film or play
Show a film or program again for an audience
To put a film or album out again with extra material
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Morphology
Etymology
Rerun comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' plus run, as in a show that 'runs' on TV; so to rerun a program is simply to make that show 'run again'.