reopen
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊpən
Verb
reopen (third-person singular simple present reopens, present participle reopening, simple past and past participle reopened)
- (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.
- 1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments
- (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.
- 1933, Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 12 March 1933
Translations
(transitive) to open again
(intransitive) to open again