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View synonyms for reopen

reopen

[ ree-oh-puhn ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to open again.
  2. to start again; resume:

    to reopen an argument; to reopen an attack.



reopen

/ riːˈəʊpən /

verb

  1. to open or cause to open again


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reopen1

First recorded in 1725–35; re- + open

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Example Sentences

The U.S. will reopen an embassy in Havana, meaning an ambassador will be appointed.

To combat Ebola, we need to make sure we reopen safe schools as soon as possible.

And they never were, despite a grand jury being convened in 1937 to reopen the investigation.

But he does not have his SIV number, which is required to reopen his case.

A procedure to reopen his urinary tract could have been done under local anesthesia.

Of those opportunities nobody had thought fit to avail himself; and it was now too late to reopen the question.

To allow the heiress to the Crown to marry a Carlist seemed the surest way to reopen civil war, and upset the dynasty once more.

But these measures were the result of levity and disorganization rather than of any purpose to reopen the quarrel.

Again Power remained silent, and Marten was obliged to reopen the discussion.

"Provided always that there were anything left to reopen," suggested the Governor softly.

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