rerelease

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ release.

Verb

rerelease (third-person singular simple present rereleases, present participle rereleasing, simple past and past participle rereleased)

  1. To release (a film, video game, etc.) again.
    • 2000, Matthew Bernstein, Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era:
      For example, in 1926 MGM's desire to rerelease their 1921 hit The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse led to discussions between Hays and the German ambassador.

Noun

rerelease (plural rereleases)

  1. A rereleased item.
    That film deserves a rerelease; it didn't get much attention when it first came out.
    • 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 39:
      In the fall of 2016, Mike Judge's 2006 comedy film Idiocracy appeared in select theaters across the United States. Ostensibly a ten-year-anniversary event, the rerelease also happened to coincide with Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and the impending U.S. election.