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Past tense of reopen

regular verb

The past tense of reopen is reopened. The past participle is also reopened.

Forms of reopen

Base form (V1)reopen /ɹiːˈəʊpən/
Past tense (V2)reopened
Past participle (V3)reopened
Present participlereopening
Third person singularreopens

Reopened in a sentence

  • When Martha reopened the bottle of wine from the previous week's party, a vinegary whiff indicated that drinking it was out of the question.From the entry vinegary
  • “hi Steve I closed my account before but reopened to post some new articles.2023 July 16, Rosie Gray, “How Bronze Age Pervert Built an Online Following and Injected Anti-Democracy, Pro-Men Ideas Into the GOP”, in…. From the entry sailer
  • The landmark Hostelry at the Bottom of the Rock reopened over a week ago and has been ‘jointed’ ever since.2014 August 5, Gavin O'Connor, “Austin Stacks Club News”, in Tralee Today. From the entry jointed
  • As soon as trade at Kiakhta is reopened, we shall again allow them to trade (in Russian goods) as before.1966, Lo-shu Fu, A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations (1644–1820), University of Arizona Press, page 307. From the entry Sinkiang
  • According to Caltrans, initially one lane reopened, but Monday night, the impacted freeway between County Road 2 and County Road 4 in Dunnigan full reopened.2026 June 29, “I-5 fully reopens after wildfire shuts down southbound I-5 near Dunnigan”, in ABC10. From the entry Dunnigan

Meaning of reopen

  1. verb To open (something) again.
  2. verb To open again.

Full definition of reopen

Questions about the past tense of reopen

What is the past tense of reopen?
The past tense of reopen is reopened.
What is the past participle of reopen?
The past participle of reopen is reopened.
Is reopen a regular or irregular verb?
Reopen is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reopen (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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