Meanings
present singular third person rereads · participle present rereading
- To read again.
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of reading something again.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Old Englishrǣdan
- Middle Englishreden
- Englishread
- Englishreread
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
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
reread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reread
“reread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reread. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reread,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reread.
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