rerelease
rerelease verb: to release (a film, video game, etc.) again.
Verb
rerelease (third-person singular simple present rereleases, present participle rereleasing, simple past and past participle rereleased)
- To release (a film, video game, etc.) again.
- For example, in 1926 MGM's desire to rerelease their 1921 hit The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse led to discussions between Hays and the German ambassador.2000, Matthew Bernstein, Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era
Noun
rerelease (plural rereleases)
- A rereleased item.
- That film deserves a rerelease; it didn't get much attention when it first came out.
- In the fall of 2016, Mike Judge's 2006 comedy film Idiocracy appeared in select theaters across the United States. Ostensibly a ten-year-anniversary event, the rerelease also happened to coincide with Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and the impending U.S. election.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 39
Forms of rerelease
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | rereleases |
| present participle | rereleasing |
| past participle | rereleased |
| past | rereleased |
| Noun | |
| plural | rereleases |
Origin of rerelease
From re- + release.
Questions about rerelease
- What does rerelease mean?
- Rerelease means to release (a film, video game, etc.) again.
- What part of speech is rerelease?
- Rerelease can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of rerelease?
- The past tense of rerelease is rereleased.
Words near rerelease in the dictionary
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