1. television shows or movies that are broadcast again after their original showing

1. runs something again, especially a television program, election, or test

Examples

• The network shows reruns of classic sitcoms every afternoon.
• I’ve seen this episode before – it’s just a rerun.
• The station reruns popular movies on weekends.
• They decided to rerun the election after voting irregularities.
• The teacher reruns the same lesson for students who were absent.
• Summer television is mostly filled with reruns.
• The computer program reruns the calculation automatically.