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
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