rerunning
rerunning is the present participle and gerund 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.
Questions about rerunning
- What is rerunning the present participle and gerund of?
- Rerunning is the present participle and gerund of rerun.
Words near rerunning in the dictionary
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