reissue

verb

re·​is·​sue (ˌ)rē-ˈi-(ˌ)shü How to pronounce reissue (audio)
 chiefly British  -ˈi-(ˌ)syü
reissued; reissuing; reissues

intransitive verb

: to come forth again

transitive verb

: to issue again
especially : to cause to become available again
reissue noun

Examples of reissue in a Sentence

The publisher has decided to reissue the author's out-of-print books.
Recent Examples on the Web To celebrate, Rhino is reissuing the record, out June 21. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024 Last year, Sui also reissued the fairy wings from her spring 1997 collection as part of Jacobs’s Heaven line. Irene Kim, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2024 In 2011, Now-Again Records reissued a career-spanning collection of WITCH’s music and crate-diggers and music heads worldwide went wild. Tracy Kawalik, SPIN, 5 Mar. 2024 Last year, her label Fish People reissued her albums on wax, spanning 10 studio efforts, including U.K. No. 1s Hounds of Love and Never for Ever, The Dreaming, and her debut The Kick Inside, plus the remix album Director’s Cut. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024 She was later honored by TCM with a night dedicated to her films in 2021, and in May of the following year, her 1968 album with Lee Hazlewood, Nancy & Lee, was reissued on vinyl. Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024 In 2022, John Edelman, the former head of Design Within Reach, bought Heller, and is now reissuing the brush. The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024 Both started with Criterion, the company that’s been reissuing beloved movies for more than 40 years. Peter Rubin, Longreads, 29 Feb. 2024 A day later, the album was reissued in a deluxe edition, dubbed 2093 P2, with two bonus tracks, including one featuring Drake. Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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The first known use of reissue was in 1613

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“Reissue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reissue. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

reissue

verb
re·​is·​sue -ˈish-ü How to pronounce reissue (audio)
: to issue again
especially : to cause to become available again
reissue a stamp
reissue noun

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