Word.ws English Dictionary

re-entrance

re-entrance is the alternative form of reentrance.

Meaning of reentrance

Noun

reentrance (countable and uncountable, plural reentrances)

  1. A second or subsequent entrance; the act of reentering
    • Any reinstatement or appointment under which little or no service is performed, made for the purpose of prolonging the period of eligibility for reentrance to the service in defeat of the rule, can not be recognized as valid.1933, Reentry into the Classified Service, page 5

Forms of re-entrance

pluralre-entrances

Questions about re-entrance

What is re-entrance the alternative form of?
Re-entrance is the alternative form of reentrance.

Words near re-entrance in the dictionary

  1. re-entered
  2. re-entering
  3. re-enters
  4. re-enthrone
  5. re-entrable
  6. re-entrance
  7. re-entrances
  8. re-entrant
  9. re-entre
  10. re-entred
  11. re-entres

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: re-entrance (page history and authors); reentrance (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “re-entrance.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/re-entrance. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.