reopen

See also: re-open

English

Alternative forms

• re-open

Etymology

From re- +‎ open.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈəʊpən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

   • 2010 October 22, “Roseville Mall Vows To Reopen As Fire Suspect Speaks”, in CBS News‎, archived from the original on 15 December 2022:

     Yet city officials said unburned sections of the upscale Westfield Galleria at Roseville could reopen within weeks, in time for the holiday shopping season.

Derived terms

• reopenable
• reopener
• 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