Rebroadcast

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Retransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a broadcast that repeated at a later time wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To broadcast again.
  2. 2
    broadcast again, as of a film wordnet

Synonyms

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broadcastcommercialnewscastrepeatrerunrerun

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From re- + broadcast.

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