readmission

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ admission.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːædmɪʃən/

Noun

readmission (plural readmissions)

1. A second or subsequent admission.
   • 1947 May and June, K. Westcott Jones, “The Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 146:

     On the Freshwater line, the most outstanding improvement was the readmission of all trains to the main station at Newport, and the introduction of a through service in each direction between Ventnor and Freshwater, via Sandown and Newport, calling only at the principal stations.

   • 1990, Martin H. Greenberg, The Further Adventures of The Joker:

     Multiple escapes and readmissions to this facility.

Related terms

• readmit

Translations

a second or subsequent admission

• Armenian: ռեադմիսիա (hy) (ṙeadmisia), հետընդունում (hy) (hetəndunum)
• Catalan: readmissió f
• German: Wiederaufnahme (de) f
• Greek: επανεισδοχή f (epaneisdochí), επανεισαγωγή (el) f (epaneisagogí)
• Italian: riammissione m
• Russian: реадми́ссия (ru) f (readmíssija)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-leigeil a-steach m
• Spanish: readmisión f