Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - re-run

(re-ran) 1. If you say that something is a re-run of a particular event or experience, you mean that what happens now is very similar to what happened in the past. It was the world’s second worst air disaster, a horrific re-run of the runway collision in 1977... = repeat N-SING: N of n 2. If someone re-runs a process or event, they do it or organize it again. Edit the input text and re-run the software... VERB: V n • Re-run is also a noun. In the re-run he failed to make the final at all, finishing sixth. N-COUNT 3. If an election is re-run, it is organized again, for example because the correct procedures were not followed or because no candidate got a large enough majority. The ballot was re-run on Mr Todd’s insistence after accusations of malpractice. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed • Re-run is also a noun. The opposition has demanded a re-run of parliamentary elections held yesterday. N-COUNT: oft N of n 4. To re-run a film, play, or television programme means to show it or put it on again. They re-ran the World Cup final on a big screen. VERB: V n 5. A re-run is a film, play, or television programme that is shown or put on again. Viewers will have to make do with tired re-runs and second-rate movies... = repeat N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n