reenter

See also: reënter and re-enter

English

Alternative forms

• re-enter
• re-entre (obsolete)
• reentre (obsolete)
• reënter

Etymology

re- +‎ enter

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Verb

reenter (third-person singular simple present reenters, present participle reentering, simple past and past participle reentered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To enter again; return into.

   The shuttle reentered the atmosphere.

2. (transitive, computing) To enter again; retype, reinput.

   We had to reenter a day's worth of data into the system.

3. (transitive, intransitive, engraving) To cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently.

Translations

to enter again

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 再入 (zh) (zàirù)

• Finnish: palata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: rentrer (fr)
• Occitan: rintrar
• Spanish: reingresar (es)

(computing) to enter again

• Finnish: syöttää uudelleen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• reentry

Anagrams

• enterer, re-entre, reentre, terreen, terrene