rerun
pronunciation
How to pronounce rerun in British English:
UK [ˈri:rʌn]
How to pronounce rerun in American English:
US ['rirʌn]
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- Noun:
- a program that is broadcast again
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- Verb:
- broadcast again, as of a film
- rerun a performance of a play, for example
- run again for office
- cause to perform again
Word Origin
- rerun (v.)
- also re-run, 1804, in reference to races, from re- "back, again" + run (v.). The noun, in reference to film, is recorded from 1934; of television programs from 1955. Related: Reran; rerunning.
Example
- 1. Modify this user 's registry rights and rerun setup .
- 2. Do I really look like rerun ?
- 3. Higher capital requirements for banks should prevent a rerun of some of the recent excesses .
- 4. It is both a costly mechanism for protecting the welfare of less well-off russians and makes a rerun of 2008 more likely .
- 5. He has said france will cut its contribution to the eu budget , which hints at another rerun of the british rebate debate .