rewatch

verb

re·​watch ˌrē-ˈwäch How to pronounce rewatch (audio)
rewatched; rewatching; rewatches

transitive verb

: to watch (something, such as a movie or television program) again
… able to watch and rewatch the fascinating, colorful mixture of abstract and impressionist images …Video Review
Rewatching "The Apprentice" more than a decade later, it's easy to see why it struck a chord.Emily Nussbaum

Examples of rewatch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web My advice: rewatch the first chapter before seeing this more creatively, narratively and technically ambitious epic. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024 Deschanel cohosts a New Girl rewatch podcast with her former costars Hannah Simone and Lamorne Morris. Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 25 Dec. 2023 Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams Sing Cheetah Girls Lullaby to Williams' Baby Bryan just launched the Disney rewatch podcast Magical Rewind with Boy Meets World star Will Friedle, and Williams has already been a guest. Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024 But while plenty of people who get influenza simply spend enough time in bed to rewatch the entire Game of Thrones series (speaking from experience here) and then move on with their lives, the virus can be much more than a wintertime nuisance. Lauren Del Turco, SELF, 13 Feb. 2024 The movie doesn't hit theaters for a few weeks, but in the meantime fans can rewatch the resulting slap heard 'round the world from the comfort of their own bathtubs. Road House premieres March 21 on Prime Video. Want more movie news? Shania Russell, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024 In: Musical numbers with rewatch value Something the Tonys know: The best way to make your program live in perpetuity is to do a musical number that people will rewatch. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2024 Redditors who devotedly rewatch these films every year first noticed the omission on January 1, despite the fact that Jackson’s other extended editions of the LOTR trilogy, as well as his extended cuts of the Hobbit films, remained on the service. Vulture, 3 Jan. 2024 Why not take a break from schmaltzy Christmas programming, and instead rewatch the best TV episodes aired in 2023? Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rewatch was in 1841

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“Rewatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rewatch. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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