Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of rebroadcasting a recorded movie or a recorded television performance.
- transitive verb To present a rerun of.
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- noun US A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a
repeat . - noun politics A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
- verb transitive To
run (a previously broadcast television program) again. - verb transitive To run (a race) again.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb broadcast again, as of a film
- verb rerun a performance of a play, for example
- verb run again for office
- noun a program that is broadcast again
- verb cause to perform again
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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But this rerun is just as good as the original … unlike the reruns of those prime TV shows.
White House: It was all Valerie Jarrett’s fault! - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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With "Glee" in rerun mode tonight, some people may feel a strong urge to get their weekly, fresh fix of people busting out semi-obscure pop songs in unexpected everyday situations.
How to stage a musical in a busy airport Jen Chaney 2010
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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.
Tom Teicholz: Ten Years After Tom Teicholz 2010
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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.
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(Credit: Netgear) Note: If this post sounds familiar, that's because it's a "rerun" -- but with a lower price than when it first appeared a couple months ago.
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Since then I have watched it in rerun and seen most of the actors at conventions and it’s all grown on me.
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Since then I have watched it in rerun and seen most of the actors at conventions and it’s all grown on me.
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Since then I have watched it in rerun and seen most of the actors at conventions and it’s all grown on me.
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The lifecycle of a Saturday morning cartoon for me now is that I ask my TiVo to capture all the episodes of some show that I'm already familiar with, then watch as the number of episodes captured per week dwindles as the networks start to phase out the show, until it disappears altogether for a year, reappearing then in rerun.
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