rerelease

verb

re·​re·​lease (ˌ)rē-ri-ˈlēs How to pronounce rerelease (audio)
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

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Disney did this in 2022 by rereleasing Avatar in theaters shortly before the release of its sequel, The Way of Water, since the first film originally came out in 2009. Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 The production company previously teased on social media on Wednesday that the beloved vampire pics, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, would be rereleased in theaters in October. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 Warner Music Group will rerelease the Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse movie soundtracks on Halloween. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025 The 1985 blockbuster about a group of suburban Chicago high school misfits who are forced to spend detention together is being rereleased by Universal Pictures. Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rerelease

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rerelease was in 1906

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“Rerelease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rerelease. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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