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rekey

/ɹiːˈkiː/

rekey verb: to enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before.

Verb

rekey (third-person singular simple present rekeys, present participle rekeying, simple past and past participle rekeyed)

  1. To enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before.
    • She had to rekey the security code.
    Synonyms:
    reenter, reinput
  2. To modify (a lock or its cylinder) to change which keys will open it.
  3. To change the key or tenor of; to reframe.

rekey meaning in Bengali

rekey in Bengali

কোনো ডিভাইসে

Synonyms of rekey

Forms of rekey

third-person singular presentrekeys
present participlerekeying
past participlerekeyed
pastrekeyed

Origin of rekey

From re- + key.

Words that rhyme with rekey

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Questions about rekey

What does rekey mean?
Rekey means to enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before.
What is rekey in Bengali?
Rekey in Bengali is কোনো ডিভাইসে. See Rekey meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is rekey?
Rekey is a verb.
How do you pronounce rekey?
Rekey is pronounced /ɹiːˈkiː/.
What is the past tense of rekey?
The past tense of rekey is rekeyed.

Words near rekey in the dictionary

  1. rekern
  2. rekerned
  3. rekerning
  4. rekerns
  5. reketonization
  6. rekey
  7. rekeyboard
  8. rekeyboarded
  9. rekeyboarding
  10. rekeyboards
  11. rekeyed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rekey (page history and authors); rekey (Bengali 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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