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reenter

reenter verb: to enter again; return into.

Verb

reenter (third-person singular simple present reenters, present participle reentering, simple past and past participle reentered)

  1. (ambitransitive) To enter again; return into.
    • The shuttle reentered the atmosphere.
    • It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.1981 April 5, Theodore Solotaroff, “REVIVING THE ANCIENT ART OF EXECUTION”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025
  2. (transitive) To enter again; retype, reinput.
    • We had to reenter a day's worth of data into the system.
  3. (ambitransitive) To cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently.

Examples of reenter in a sentence

  • But when officers finally reentered the building about 2 A.M., they found no one.1995 July 5, Norimitsu Onishi, “Tenement Is Briefly Seized In East Village”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Dec...
  • As the zoogleal slime reenters the wastewater, excess solids and waste products are stripped off the media as sloughings.2012, Frank Spellman, Revonna Bieber, Environmental Health and Science Desk Reference, page 831:

All 11 example sentences with reenter

Forms of reenter

third-person singular presentreenters
present participlereentering
past participlereentered
pastreentered
alternative formre-enter
alternative formre-entre
alternative formreentre
alternative formreënter

Past tense of reenter: reentered

Origin of reenter

From re- + enter.

Words that rhyme with reenter

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Questions about reenter

What does reenter mean?
Reenter means to enter again; return into.
How do you use reenter in a sentence?
But when officers finally reentered the building about 2 A.M., they found no one.
What part of speech is reenter?
Reenter is a verb.
What is the past tense of reenter?
The past tense of reenter is reentered.

Words near reenter in the dictionary

  1. reenslaved
  2. reenslavement
  3. reenslavements
  4. reenslaves
  5. reenslaving
  6. reenter
  7. reentered
  8. reentering
  9. reenters
  10. reenthrone
  11. reenthroned

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