Sekirov Dictionary

rerun

/ˈɹiːɹʌn/

noun 5
/ɹiːˈɹʌn/ verb 5
forms 3

noun5

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An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
- Even some strong supporters of leaving the UK worry that an early re-run would be doomed to failure. — 2017
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(US) 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.
Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
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A second or subsequent run of a computer program.
- Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.
A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.

rerun

/ɹiːˈɹʌn/

verb5

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To run again; to repeat.
- Ms. Hill has rerun those questions in her mind. “If the girls told me they want to stay where they are, I would have to leave them,” she said. — 2013
•
To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
- They're still rerunning The Flintstones on this channel.
To be broadcast again.
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To run (a race or other contest) again.
- Thursday night, running in Lane 2 on an otherwise empty eight-lane track, at a half-empty Olympic Stadium, the United States women’s 4x100-meter relay team reran a qualifying round all by itself. — 2016
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To run (a computer program) again.
- Restart the computer and rerun the installation.

forms

reran · rerunning · reruns

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