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re-air

re-air is the alternative form of reair.

Meaning of reair

Verb

reair (third-person singular simple present reairs, present participle reairing, simple past and past participle reaired)

  1. (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
    • In honor of the milestone, PBS SoCal on Friday will reair “Henry T. Segerstrom: Imagining the Future,” a 2016 documentary that weaves together interviews, personal photographs, historical footage and oral history to describe Segerstrom’s life and the scope and breadth of his legacy.2023 April 6, Sara Cardine, “Film on Henry Segerstrom to reair Friday, in honor of 100th anniversary of his birth”, in Daily Pilot
    Synonyms:
    rerun
  2. (intransitive) To be broadcast again.
    • One of two of the Hallmark Channel films Meghan starred in—Dater’s Handbook—will be conveniently re-airing on March 11, likely just weeks from the birth of her child.2019 February 15, Josh Duboff, “An Old Meghan Markle Movie Is Getting a Surprising Re-Release”, in Vanity Fair
  3. (transitive) To air or let forth again.
    • to reair one's grievances

See all 4 meanings of reair

Forms of re-air

Verb
third-person singular presentre-airs
present participlere-airing
past participlere-aired
pastre-aired
Noun
pluralre-airs

Questions about re-air

What is re-air the alternative form of?
Re-air is the alternative form of reair.

Words near re-air in the dictionary

  1. re-aggravated
  2. re-aggravates
  3. re-aggravating
  4. re-aggravation
  5. re-aggravations
  6. re-air
  7. re-aired
  8. re-airing
  9. re-airs
  10. re-allied
  11. re-allies

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