: the act or action or an instance of rerunning : repetition
especially
: a movie or television show that is rerun
Examples of rerun in a Sentence
Verb
Last week's show is being rerun tomorrow night.
They reran the race, but the result was the same.
He reran the software on my computer.
Noun
She spent her vacation watching summer reruns.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
The chance for a wide range of people to discover it on their terms and time — as opposed to finding it on a much more rigid bull’s-eye of a syndication rerun — meant the show could gain currency anew.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
At least the network didn’t air any old reruns from the first daytime sudser to focus on a Black family; CBS chose to repeat the first five episodes from Gate‘s launch week in February.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 July 2025
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Verb
Those 39 episodes are among the most famous in television history, rerun constantly and now also on DVD.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
The chance for a wide range of people to discover it on their terms and time — as opposed to finding it on a much more rigid bull’s-eye of a syndication rerun — meant the show could gain currency anew.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
Noun
The channel currently is populated by reruns of McGraw’s various shows.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
At least the network didn’t air any old reruns from the first daytime sudser to focus on a Black family; CBS chose to repeat the first five episodes from Gate‘s launch week in February.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 July 2025
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“Rerun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rerun. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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rerun
2 of 2 noun
re·run
ˈrē-ˌrən 
(ˈ)rē-ˈrən
1
: the act or action or an instance of rerunning
2
: a television program or movie that is rerun
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