reread

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UK/ɹiːˈɹiːd/UK/ɹiːˈɹɛd/UK/ˈɹiːɹiːd/

verb

To read again.

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Meanings

verbreread (third-person singular simple present rereads, present participle rereading, simple past and past participle reread)

present singular third person rereads · participle present rereading

  1. To read again.
  2. To read or interpret in a new way.
    1 more example

    My first book, Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination (Seymour 2013), has further contributed to the development of queer ecology, rereading well-known contemporary queer novels and films as environmental polemics and theorizing why such reaadings have not been possible before.

    2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 23
nounreread (plural rereads)

plural rereads

  1. The act of reading something again.

    Synonyms: rereading

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of reading something again.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Old Englishrǣdan
  7. Middle Englishreden
  8. Englishread
  9. Englishreread

From re- + read.

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Translations

Bulgarian препрочета́
  • препрочета́ (prepročetá)to read again
Catalan rellegir
  • rellegirto read again
Chinese Cantonese 重讀 /重读
  • 重讀 /重读 (cung⁴ duk⁶)to read again
Chinese Mandarin 重讀 /重读
  • 重讀 /重读 (chóngdú)to read again
Czech znovu přečíst
  • znovu přečístto read again
Danish genlæse
  • genlæseto read again
Dutch herlezen
  • herlezento read again
Esperanto relegi
  • relegito read again
Finnish lukea uudelleen
  • lukea uudelleento read again
French relire
  • relireto read again
German wieder lesen, nochmals lesen
  • wieder lesento read again
  • nochmals lesento read again
Greek ξαναδιαβάζω
  • ξαναδιαβάζω (xanadiavázo)to read again
Irish athléigh
  • athléighto read again
Italian rileggere
  • rileggereto read again
Japanese 再読する
  • 再読する (saidoku suru)to read again
Portuguese reler
  • relerto read again
Russian перечи́тывать, перечита́ть
  • перечи́тывать (perečítyvatʹ)to read again
  • перечита́ть (perečitátʹ)to read again
Spanish releer
  • releerto read again
Tagalog balik-basa
  • balik-basato read again
Ukrainian перечитува́ти, перечита́ти
  • перечитува́ти (perečytuváty)to read again
  • перечита́ти (perečytáty)to read again

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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