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reopens

reopens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reopen.

Meaning of reopen

Verb

reopen (third-person singular simple present reopens, present participle reopening, simple past and past participle reopened)

  1. (transitive) To open (something) again.
    • From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments
  2. (intransitive) To open again.
    • The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks which reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.1933, Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 12 March 1933

Phrases with reopens

Questions about reopens

What is reopens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reopens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reopen.

Words near reopens in the dictionary

  1. reopener
  2. reopeners
  3. reopening
  4. reopening old wounds
  5. reopenings
  6. reopens
  7. reopens old wounds
  8. reoperable
  9. reoperate
  10. reoperated
  11. reoperates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reopens (page history and authors); reopen (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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