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re-

/ɹiː/

re- prefix: again, anew.

Prefix

re-

  1. again, anew
    • re- + new → renew (“to make something new again”)
    • re- + commit → recommit (“to commit an act again”)
    Synonyms:
    ana-, palin-
  2. a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
    • reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: )
  3. back, backward
    • reject, reply, resist
    Synonyms:
    with-

re- meaning in Malayalam and Vietnamese

re- in Malayalam

വീണ്ടും, പിന്നെയും

re- in Vietnamese

again
lại

Synonyms of re-

Origin of re-

From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), see there for more. Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.

Questions about re-

What does re- mean?
Re- means again, anew.
What is re- in Malayalam?
Re- in Malayalam is വീണ്ടും, പിന്നെയും. See Re- meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is re-?
Re- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce re-?
Re- is pronounced /ɹiː/.

Words near re- in the dictionary

  1. RDW
  2. RDX
  3. re
  4. re infecta
  5. re'you
  6. re-
  7. re-abandon
  8. re-abandoned
  9. re-abandoning
  10. re-abandons
  11. re-abolish

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: re- (page history and authors); re- (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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