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reair en · NOUN

Etymology

From re- + air.

Meanings

  1. A television program shown after its initial presentation.
    • “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said. 2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Forms

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reairs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

aired · airtime

Synonyms

repeat · rerun

reair en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + air.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
    • In honor of the milestone, PBS SoCal on Friday will reair “Henry T. Segerstrom: Imagining the Future,” a 2016 documentary that weaves together interviews, personal photographs, historical footage and oral history to describe Segerstrom’s life and the scope and breadth of his legacy. 2023 April 6, Sara Cardine, “Film on Henry Segerstrom to reair Friday, in honor of 100th anniversary of his birth”, in Daily Pilot:
  2. (intransitive) To be broadcast again.
    • One of two of the Hallmark Channel films Meghan starred in—Dater’s Handbook—will be conveniently re-airing on March 11, likely just weeks from the birth of her child. 2019 February 15, Josh Duboff, “An Old Meghan Markle Movie Is Getting a Surprising Re-Release”, in Vanity Fair:
  3. (transitive) To air or let forth again.
    • to reair one's grievances

Forms

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reaired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reaired Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

rerun