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verb (used with object)
1.
to run again.
noun
2.
the act of rerunning.
3.
a showing of a motion picture or television program after its initial run, usually some months or years later.
4.
the motion picture or television program being shown again.
5.
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.
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| rerun | |
| —vb , -runs, -running, -ran | |
| 1. | to broadcast or put on (a film, play, series, etc) again |
| 2. | to run (a race, etc) again |
| —n | |
| 3. | a film, play, series, etc, that is broadcast or put on again; repeat |
| 4. | a race that is run again |
| 5. | computing the repeat of a part of a computer program |
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Word Origin & History
rerun
1804, in ref. to races, from re- "back, again" + run (q.v.). The noun, in ref. to filmed television, is recorded from 1934.
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