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Synonyms for re-open


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-oh-puh n
Phonetic Transcription : riˈoʊ pən

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Définition of re-open

Origin :
  • 1733 (transitive), from re- "again" + open (v.). Intransitive sense from 1830. Related: Reopened; reopening.
  • As in pick up : verb improve
  • As in renew : verb start over; refurbish
  • As in resume : verb begin again
  • As in take up : verb begin or start again
  • As in re-create : verb renew
  • As in recondition : verb renew
  • As in reopen : verb continue
  • As in restart : verb continue
  • As in continue : verb begin again; resume
Example sentences :
  • His next step was to re-establish the markets and re-open the sources of supply.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • An attempt was made to re-open the Constitutional Convention of 1864.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • At the end of about five minutes he ventured to re-open his eyes.
  • Extract from : « Freaks on the Fells » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Now, by an effort, let this tendency to re-open be counteracted.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • She said that I might re-open the question after the public demonstration.
  • Extract from : « The Soul Stealer » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • I did not re-open it with any intention to resume my business.
  • Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms
  • Then she turned back to her home duties, and did not re-open the question.
  • Extract from : « Catherine Booth » by Mildred Duff
  • It was far easier for the detective to re-open the hole than it had been for Manston to form it.
  • Extract from : « Desperate Remedies » by Thomas Hardy
  • I preferred that he should re-open that subject; but he came to it rather obliquely.
  • Extract from : « The Jervaise Comedy » by J. D. Beresford
  • But Fanny had turned away, and was now busily employed in trying to re-open the door at which she had entered.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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