Standard Lemma guide

reread

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹiːd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹɛd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːɹiːd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛd
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY1 R IY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of reading something again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rereading

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To read again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To read or interpret in a new way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

read anew; read again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He re-read her letters to him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: read

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English read English reread From re- + read.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: перачы́тваць (pjeračýtvacʹ) — to read again
  • Belarusian: перачыта́ць (pjeračytácʹ) — to read again
  • Bulgarian: препрочета́ (prepročetá) — to read again
  • Catalan: rellegir — to read again
  • Chinese Cantonese: 重讀 /重读 (cung4 duk6) — to read again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重讀 /重读 (chóngdú) — to read again
  • Czech: znovu přečíst — to read again
  • Danish: genlæse — to read again
  • Dutch: herlezen — to read again
  • Esperanto: relegi — to read again
  • French: relire — to read again
  • Galician: reler — to read again
  • German: wieder lesen — to read again
  • German: nochmals lesen — to read again
  • Greek: ξαναδιαβάζω (xanadiavázo) — to read again
  • Ido: rilektar — to read again
  • Irish: athléigh — to read again
  • Italian: rileggere — to read again
  • Japanese: 再読する (saidoku suru) — to read again
  • Portuguese: reler — to read again
  • Quechua: ñawiykachay — to read again
  • Quechua: qillqaqhawapay — to read again
  • Russian: перечи́тывать (perečítyvatʹ) — to read again
  • Russian: перечита́ть (perečitátʹ) — to read again
  • Spanish: releer — to read again
  • Tagalog: balik-basa — to read again
  • Ukrainian: перечитува́ти (perečytuváty) — to read again
  • Ukrainian: перечита́ти (perečytáty) — to read again