rerun

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
2. noun A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.

   I'm not a fan of the new Simpsons episodes, but the old reruns have me in stitches, although I've seen them countless times.

3. noun Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
4. noun A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
5. noun A second or subsequent run of a computer program.

   Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.

6. verb To run again; to repeat.
7. verb To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.

   They're still rerunning The Flintstones on this channel.

8. verb To be broadcast again.

Similar words

rebroadcast rehearsal repetition repeat re-run replay repeated resubmit reelection run-off

Often followed by

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Word family

reran rerunning reruns