rebroadcast

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noun

Retransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast.

Similar
rerun
OriginEnglish broadcast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

nounrebroadcast (countable and uncountable, plural rebroadcasts)

plural rebroadcasts

  1. countableuncountableRetransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast.

    In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.

    1986 April 5, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “PBS Runs Anti-Black, Anti-Gay AIDS Show”, in Gay Community News, page 3
verbrebroadcast (third-person singular simple present rebroadcasts, present participle rebroadcasting, simple past and past participle rebroadcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) rebroadcasted)

present singular third person rebroadcasts · participle present rebroadcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes rebroadcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes rebroadcasted

  1. To broadcast again.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbroadcast again, as of a film

Similar
rerun
Broader
airsendbroadcast
Also see
rerun

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  9. Old Englishbrād
  10. Middle Englishbrod
  11. Englishbroad
  12. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  13. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  14. Old Norsekasta
  15. Middle Englishcasten
  16. Englishcast
  17. Englishbroadcast
  18. Englishrebroadcast

From re- + broadcast.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 重播, 重播
  • 重播 (chóngbō)broadcast again
  • 重播 (chóngbō)broadcast again
Danish genudsende
  • genudsendebroadcast again
Finnish uusia
  • uusiabroadcast again
French rediffuser
  • rediffuserbroadcast again
German wiederholen, noch einmal senden
  • wiederholenbroadcast again
  • noch einmal sendenbroadcast again
Japanese 再放送, 再放送する
  • 再放送 (saihōsō)broadcast again
  • 再放送する (saihōsō suru)broadcast again
Korean 재방송, 재방
  • 재방송 (jaebangsong)broadcast again
  • 재방 (jaebang)broadcast again
  • 재방송(再放送)하다 (jaebangsonghada)broadcast again
  • 재방(再放)하다 (jaebanghada)broadcast again
Portuguese reapresentação, reprise
  • reapresentaçãobroadcast again
  • reprisebroadcast again
  • retransmissãobroadcast again
Russian ретрансли́ровать, повторя́ть трансля́цию
  • ретрансли́ровать (retranslírovatʹ)broadcast again
  • повторя́ть трансля́цию (povtorjátʹ transljáciju)broadcast again
  • повторя́ть (povtorjátʹ)broadcast again
Spanish en diferido, repetir
  • en diferidobroadcast again
  • repetirbroadcast again
  • volver a emitirbroadcast again
  • reemitirbroadcast again
  • redifundirbroadcast again
Swedish återutsända
  • återutsändabroadcast again
Vietnamese phát lại
  • phát lạibroadcast again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

broadcaster
Cite this entry
APA

rebroadcast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebroadcast

MLA

“rebroadcast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebroadcast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebroadcast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebroadcast.

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