reopen

See also: re-open

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ open.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈəʊpən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊpən

Verb

reopen (third-person singular simple present reopens, present participle reopening, simple past and past participle reopened)

1. (transitive) To open (something) again.
   • 1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments

     From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.

   • 2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43:

     Says Barnes: "The next priority [for Devon County Council] is reopening the line from Tavistock to Plymouth.

2. (intransitive) To open again.
   • 1933, Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 12 March 1933:

     The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks which reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.

Derived terms

• reopen old wounds

 

Translations

(transitive) to open again

• Catalan: reobrir (ca)
• Finnish: avata uudelleen
• French: rouvrir (fr), réouvrir (fr)
• Galician: reabrir (gl)
• Hungarian: újra/újból megnyit
• Irish: athoscail
• Italian: riaprire (it)
• Manx: aa-oshil
• Portuguese: reabrir
• Russian: переоткрывать (ru) (pereotkryvatʹ)
• Spanish: reabrir (es)
• Swedish: återöppna

(intransitive) to open again

• French: se rouvrir
• Hungarian: újra/újból megnyit/megnyílik
• Italian: riaprirsi
• Portuguese: reabrir
• Spanish: reabrirse (es)
• Swedish: återöppna

Anagrams

• -perone, Perone, opener, pereon, perone, poneer, repone