rerelease

verb

re·​re·​lease (ˌ)rē-ri-ˈlēs 

variants or re-release

rereleased or re-released; rereleasing or re-releasing

transitive verb

: to release (something) again

rereleasing classic films

… the book was re-released in April 2002 with a new epilogue.

—Tony Semerad

Those albums were never rereleased on CD …

—Derek Small

rerelease noun

or re-release

plural rereleases or re-releases

Even before the big re-release in 1997, Star Wars had generated almost $2 billion in movie-ticket and rental sales …

—Zillions

Examples of rerelease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The women’s Nike Air Force 1 ’07 Suede Cacao Wow will be rereleased during the fall 2027 season for $135. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2026

One of the greatest of films, Zhang Yimou’s Raise the Red Lantern (1991), has been restored and is being rereleased, with a run at New York’s Film Forum starting this week and a national rollout to follow over the next several months. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Reddit has also rebuilt and is rereleasing the Reddit app’s incognito mode. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

The extended version of the pivotal 2019 film will rerelease in theaters September 25. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rerelease

• altarpiece
• centerpiece
• frontispiece
• mantelpiece
• masterpiece
• pilates
• specialise
• stabilise
• syntheses
• apiece
• aris
• assise