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. Re-run is also a noun. The opposition has demanded a re-run of parliamentary elections held yesterday
If someone re-runs a process or event, they do it or organize it again. Edit the input text and re-run the software Re-run is also a noun. In the re-run he failed to make the final at all, finishing sixth
re-run re-runs re-running re-ran The spelling rerun is also used. The form re-run is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb. The noun is pronounced The verb is pronounced1. 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
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
A rerun is an item that is reproduced by the manufacturer some time after the original issue and is not in connection with an election campaign of the subject on the item