reopen

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ open

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːˈəʊpən/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊpən

Verb[edit]

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.

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