noun
rerun
REE-ruhn
noun
1
A television program shown again after its original broadcast.
"We spent the rainy afternoon watching reruns of an old sitcom."
verb
1
To run something again, such as a race, program, or broadcast.
"The technician had to rerun the test after the first result looked wrong."
How to Use Rerun
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA repeat broadcast, or to run something again.
Common pairings
watch a rerun
rerun the program
rerun the numbers
Word Forms
reran past tense, rerun past tense, reruns plural, reruns singular
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Etymology
From re- ("again") plus run.