reopen

• re-open

From re- +‎ open.

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈəʊpən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊpən

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.

   • 2020 May 20, Oliver Darcy, “Fauci conspicuously stops doing TV interviews as White House moves to reopen economy”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 July 2020:

     The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been conspicuously absent from national television interviews over the last two weeks, as the White House moves ahead with reopening the economy.

   • 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^[2], 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.

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