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reruns

reruns is the plural of rerun.

reruns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rerun.

Meaning of rerun

Noun

rerun (plural reruns)

  1. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
    • Even some strong supporters of leaving the UK worry that an early re-run would be doomed to failure.2017 February 27, Mure Dickie, Henry Mance, “Theresa May’s speech to head off Scottish independence poll”, in Financial Times
  2. (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
    • I'm not a fan of the new Simpsons episodes, but the old reruns have me in stitches, although I've seen them countless times.
    Synonyms:
    repeat
  3. Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
  4. A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
  5. A second or subsequent run of a computer program.
    • Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.

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Questions about reruns

What is reruns the plural of?
Reruns is the plural of rerun.

Words near reruns in the dictionary

  1. rerubbing
  2. rerubs
  3. rerun
  4. rerunnable
  5. rerunning
  6. reruns
  7. res
  8. res angusta domi
  9. res cogitans
  10. res communis
  11. Res et-Teib

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