reread

verb

re·​read (ˌ)rē-ˈrēd How to pronounce reread (audio)
reread (ˌ)rē-ˈred How to pronounce reread (audio) ; rereading
Synonyms of rereadnext

transitive verb

: to read (something) again
had to reread the passage several times to make sense of it
… might do well to reread Shakespeare or Homer.—Lewis H. Lapham

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Check the route, reread the message, or ask the clarifying question. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2026 That film focuses considerable screentime on the drama involving Penelope in Ithaca—more a framing device in the original poem—similarly reflects the current moment’s impulse to reread the epics through its women. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026 One of the more important things to come out of all of that, for me, was rereading what Wilson includes at the beginning of her translator’s note on the poem. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026 Every writer knows the temptation to keep revising a text indefinitely, as well as the experience of rereading a book long after it has been published. — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reread

Word History

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reread was in 1582

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“Reread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reread. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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