reair
See also: re-air
English
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[edit]Etymology
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[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Verb
[edit]reair (third-person singular simple present reairs, present participle reairing, simple past and past participle reaired)
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
- Synonym: rerun
- 2023 April 6, Sara Cardine, “Film on Henry Segerstrom to reair Friday, in honor of 100th anniversary of his birth”, in Daily Pilot[1]:
- 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.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast again.
- 2019 February 15, Josh Duboff, “An Old Meghan Markle Movie Is Getting a Surprising Re-Release”, in Vanity Fair[2]:
- 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.
- (transitive) To air or let forth again.
- to reair one's grievances
Noun
[edit]reair (plural reairs)
- A television program shown after its initial presentation.
- 2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer[3]:
- “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.