re

Preposition (1)

re

1. About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
   • Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254
   • "I know it's been a long haul, but can we please not get complacent re: our annual magic gunk explosion? I can't believe I just typed those words."2020 July 24, HarryBlank, “SCP-5243”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2024

   Synonyms:

   about, apropos, as for, anent, apropos of, as far as, as regards, as relates to, as respects, as to

Noun (1)

IPA/ɹeɪ/

re (uncountable)

1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Preposition (2) capitalized: RE

RE

1. (alternative) Alternative form of re (“regarding”).

Symbol (1) capitalized: RE

R_E

1. Earth radius: the radius of planet Earth, regarded as a unit of measurement.
2. (sum of parts) The radius of the Earth specifically.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: RE

RE

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Royal Engineers, a regiment in the British Army.
2. The station code of Rewari Junction railway station in India.
3. (abbreviation, classics) Abbreviation of Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft.

Noun (2) capitalized: RE

RE (countable and uncountable, plural REs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism, computational complexity theory) Initialism of recursively enumerable; the class of decision problems for which a “yes” answer can be verified by a Turing machine in a finite amount of time. See more at RE (complexity) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of religious education.
3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of rare earth.
4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of response element.
5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of real estate.
6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of renewable energy.
7. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of run-time environment.
8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of reverse engineering.
9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of reproductive endocrinologist.
   • I am new to this group and have not had the courage to post many messages. I just had my second/follow-up apointment with my RE today. I have only recently been diagnosed with PCO and had the routine tests, HSG, etc.. done. Today, we talked about those results and what our next plan of action is.1997 April 21, Sheri Feldbusch, “Looking for a little guidance.”, in alt.support.pco (Usenet)

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Re

IPA/ɹeɪ/

Re

1. (Egyptian, alternative) Alternative form of Ra.

Symbol (2) capitalized: Re

IPA/ɹeɪ/

Re (pl Rs)

1. rupee

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Re

IPA/ɹeɪ/

Re

1. Reinsurance.
   • Swiss Re

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Re

IPA/ɹeɪ/

Re

1. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway.