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re-establish

re-establish is the alternative form of reestablish.

Meaning of reestablish

Verb

reestablish (third-person singular simple present reestablishes, present participle reestablishing, simple past and past participle reestablished)

  1. (transitive) To establish again.
    • Zionism is a religious and political movement that brought Jews to their ancient homeland and reestablished Israel as the central location for Jewish identity.2025 April 15, “Zionism”, in History.com
  2. (transitive) To restore to a previously operational state.
    • NASA has reestablished contact with its interstellar spacecraft Voyager 2 after an incorrect command pointed the spacecraft away from Earth, cutting off data for about two weeks.2023 August 6, Emilee Speck, FOX Weather

Forms of re-establish

third-person singular presentre-establishes
present participlere-establishing
past participlere-established
pastre-established

Origin of re-establish

From re- + establish.

Questions about re-establish

What is re-establish the alternative form of?
Re-establish is the alternative form of reestablish.

Words near re-establish in the dictionary

  1. re-erects
  2. re-escalate
  3. re-escalation
  4. re-escalations
  5. re-est.
  6. re-establish
  7. re-established
  8. re-establishes
  9. re-establishing
  10. re-establishment
  11. re-estimate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-establish (page history and authors); reestablish (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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