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Definition of “rerun

rerun

Definitions

verb

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

noun

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

Usage examples

  • I wanted to rerun last night through in my mind, for a start, every fabulous minute, with lots of slowed-down action replays.
    Kate Cann, READY? (2001)
  • But of course that walking rerun George W Bush could be relied on to provide a more up-to-date example - I'll come back to that.
    Spiked (2002)
  • The Supreme Court later did so, ruling the election was tainted by massive fraud, and Yushchenko won the Dec. 26 rerun.
    canada.com (2005)
  • Hardly an eyebrow would be raised in these enlightened times, were TV bosses to rerun the steamy 1970s series Bouquet Of Barbed Wire.
    Sun, News of the World (2002)
  • De Niro agreed to appear in what many recognised could be a rerun of the disaster of Novecento.
    John Baxter, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)

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