reran
Syllables: re·ran/ˌɹiːˈɹæn/
reran is the simple past of rerun.
Meaning of rerun
Verb
rerun (third-person singular simple present reruns, present participle rerunning, simple past reran, past participle rerun)
- To run again; to repeat.
- Ms. Hill has rerun those questions in her mind. “If the girls told me they want to stay where they are, I would have to leave them,” she said.2013 July 6, N. R. Kleinfield, “The Girls Who Haven’t Come Home”, in The New York Times
- To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
- They're still rerunning The Flintstones on this channel.
- Synonyms:
- reair
- To be broadcast again.
- Everyone is talking about Lemonade, Beyoncé's new visual album that immediately became a sensation when it debuted on HBO on Saturday night. For those who missed it (and those without a loved one's HBO Go password), Lemonade even reran just before the Game of Thrones' highly anticipated season six...2016 April 28, Caroline Framke, “Beyoncé's Lemonade is on iTunes and Amazon — but will only stream on Tidal and Pandora”, in Vox
- Synonyms:
- reair
- To run (a race or other contest) again.
- rerun the election
- To run (a computer program) again.
- Restart the computer and rerun the installation.
Words that rhyme with reran
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- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
Questions about reran
- What is reran the simple past of?
- Reran is the simple past of rerun.
- How do you pronounce reran?
- Reran is pronounced /ˌɹiːˈɹæn/.
Words near reran in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reran (page history and authors); rerun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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