reread

Word parts

re- + read

Pronunciation

present tense

• IPA ^(key): /riːˈriːd/

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past tense and past participle

• IPA ^(key): /riːˈrɛd/

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noun

• IPA ^(key): /ˈriːriːd/

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Verb

Plain form reread

Third-person singular rereads

Past tense reread

Past participle reread

Present participle rereading

1. (transitive) If you reread something, you read it again.

   The recent film adaptation of the novel convinced me to reread it.

   I had to reread the paragraph to understand it.

Noun

Singular reread

Plural rereads

1. (countable) A reread is the act of reading something again, especially while looking at it from a different perspective.
   • Synonym: rereading

   After many years, I decided to give T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land a reread.

Related words

• rereading