rerun

== English == === Alternative forms === re-run === Etymology === From re- + run. === Pronunciation === (UK, noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːɹʌn/ (verb) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈɹʌn/ IPA(key): (US, noun) /ˈɹiɹʌn/, (verb) /ɹiˈɹʌn/ Rhymes: -ʌn === Noun === rerun (plural reruns) An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition. (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat. Synonym: repeat (publishing) Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc. (politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office. (computing) A second or subsequent run of a computer program. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === rerun (third-person singular simple present reruns, present participle rerunning, simple past reran, past participle rerun) (transitive) To run again; to repeat. (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again. Synonym: reair (intransitive) To be broadcast again. Synonym: reair (transitive) To run (a race or other contest) again. (transitive) To run (a computer program) again. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “rerun”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Anagrams === Urner, runer