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rerun

rerun

69 2.5
A TV or radio program shown again after its first broadcast
  • noun
  • /ˈriːrʌn/
translation icon : repetición
  • And now stay tuned for yet another rerun of Taskmasters.
  • watch reruns

You know, curse those whatever ER reruns.

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Examples

  • Ratings remained consistently low, and the reruns were finally taken off the air.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I know you love to watch Cheers reruns.

  • This is a rerun from July.

  • It's a rerun of a rerun.

  • The candle had burned itself out, and an "I Love Lucy" rerun was on.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • My dad and I used to watch old reruns when I was a kid.

  • There they were, cuddling in front of the television, watching a rerun of "Married with Children."

    Fiction book (2002)
  • 40: It's midnight, and I've been watching a rerun of the Olympic opening ceremony.

    Blog text (12)
  • I watch Frasier reruns late at night on Hallmark.

  • I watched a rerun of my favorite sitcom last night.

Synonyms

repeat
vsrerun
132 1.0

An event that happens again in the same way

applies only to broadcast programs repeated after their original showing
rebroadcast
vsrerun
3 3.9

A television or radio program shown again after its first showing

has identical meaning but is a different word form
retransmission
vsrerun
1 4.4

Sending a TV program or message again so more people can receive it

refers to the repeated program itself rather than the sending action

Antonyms

11 6.1

To present a film, play, or music piece for the first time

How Frequent

rerun
69 2.5
re-release
  • UK
3.6
screening
21 2.8

Surface Forms

rerun singular
reruns plural

Morphology

rerun = rerun (semi-transparent) = re + run

The noun is a straightforward zero-derived form from the verb 'rerun', meaning something that is rerun.

Etymology

Rerun uses re- 'again' plus run, and as a noun it names a program that 'runs' again on TV or radio — in other words, a repeat broadcast.