RERUN Definition & Meaning

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rerun

[ verb ree-ruhn; noun ree-ruhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

reran, rerun, rerunning.

to run again.

noun

the act of rerunning.
a showing of a motion picture or television program after its initial run, usually some months or years later.
the motion picture or television program being shown again.
Informal. a person or thing that is merely a restatement or imitation of something familiar; rehash:
The plot is just a rerun of every other spy story.

rerun

verb

to broadcast or put on (a film, play, series, etc) again
to run (a race, etc) again

noun

a film, play, series, etc, that is broadcast or put on again; repeat
a race that is run again
computing the repeat of a part of a computer program

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of rerun¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; re- + run

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Now the administration is gearing up for a rerun with even higher and broader tariffs, including on allies such as Canada, Europe, Mexico and Japan.

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With cable networks cutting back on original programming, “The Office” reruns are filling up hours of their schedules.

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Every single game, he noted, was broadcast live on television in the morning — a 7 p.m. start in Los Angeles, for example, is on at 11 a.m. in Japan — and rerun in the evening.

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The Central Electoral Bureau had earlier rejected Georgescu's candidacy for a rerun of the presidential election in May.

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Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been barred from participating in May's presidential election rerun by the country's Central Electoral Bureau.

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