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reexamine

Syllables: re·ex·am·ine

reexamine is the alternative spelling of re-examine.

Meaning of re-examine

Verb

re-examine (third-person singular simple present re-examines, present participle re-examining, simple past and past participle re-examined)

  1. (transitive) To examine again.
    • At the request of the Minister of Transport, the Commission is reviewing the achievements under the plan up to the end of 1958 and the benefits obtained from it, and is re-examining the course of the plan, with particular reference to the next five years "related to the future size of railway...1959 February, “Re-Appraisal of Modernisation Plans”, in Railway Magazine, page 73
  2. (UK, transitive) To question a witness in redirect examination.

Forms of reexamine

third-person singular presentreexamines
present participlereexamining
past participlereexamined
pastreexamined

Origin of reexamine

From re- + examine.

Questions about reexamine

What is reexamine the alternative spelling of?
Reexamine is the alternative spelling of re-examine.

Words near reexamine in the dictionary

  1. reevolving
  2. REEVs
  3. reexaminable
  4. reexamination
  5. reexaminations
  6. reexamine
  7. reexamined
  8. reexamines
  9. reexamining
  10. reexcavation
  11. reexcavations

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