(re-ran)
1.
If you say that something is a ~ 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 ~ of the runway collision in 1977...
= repeat
N-SING: N of n
2.
If someone ~s a process or event, they do it or organize it again.
Edit the input text and ~ the software...
VERB: V n
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Re-run is also a noun.
In the ~ he failed to make the final at all, finishing sixth.
N-COUNT
3.
If an election is ~, 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 ~ on Mr Todd’s insistence after accusations of malpractice.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
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Re-run is also a noun.
The opposition has demanded a ~ of parliamentary elections held yesterday.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
4.
To ~ 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 ~ is a film, play, or television programme that is shown or put on again.
Viewers will have to make do with tired ~s and second-rate movies...
= repeat
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n