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Definition of "rerun" []

  • The act or an instance of rebroadcasting a recorded movie or a recorded television performance. (noun)
  • To present a rerun of. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rerun" in a sentence
  • "Since a rerun is the only way to accurately gauge the actual will of the people (especially considering that one of the candidates names had been removed from the ballot in one of the states), the only other legitimate choice is to nullify the results."
  • "Maybe there's something I just don't get but if some one would explain how an Apollo rerun is better perhaps I would understand."
  • "How often we discussed what was on TV that night, what old movies there were to enjoy, what new sitcoms delighted, what shows in rerun she relished."