re-record

verb

To record again.

“Gavin Ward's tool-assisted speedrun of Sonic 3 & Knuckles has no fewer than 160,027 re-records.”

OriginEnglish record ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbre-record (third-person singular simple present re-records, present participle re-recording, simple past and past participle re-recorded)

present singular third person re-records · participle present re-recording · participle past re-recorded · past re-recorded

  1. To record again.
  2. video gamesTo revert to an earlier save state while recording a speedrun.

    When making a tool-assisted speedrun, re-recording is inevitable if you want to attain a good time.

nounre-record (plural re-records)

plural re-records

  1. video gamesAn instance of reverting to an earlier save state while recording a speedrun.

    Gavin Ward's tool-assisted speedrun of Sonic 3 & Knuckles has no fewer than 160,027 re-records.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishrecord
  7. Englishre-record

From re- + record.

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APA

re-record. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-record

MLA

“re-record.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-record. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-record,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-record.

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