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RE-ENTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter again

Example:

You cannot re-enter the country with this visa

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "re-enter" is one way to...):

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

reentry (the act of entering again)

Credits

 Context examples: 

All the surprise and suspense, and every other painful part of the morning dissipated by this conversation, she re-entered the house so happy as to be obliged to find an alloy in some momentary apprehensions of its being impossible to last.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Donor re-entry request: An applicant's request to re-enter a deferred donor when regulations and/or guidance do not provide a qualification method or process for their specific situation. (21 CFR 610.41(b)) License re-issuance: request from applicant to change legal name.

(Correspondence, Food and Drug Administration)

He groped his way back to the house, and, re-entering it, closed the door.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The council of buccaneers had lasted some time, when one of them re-entered the house, and with a repetition of the same salute, which had in my eyes an ironical air, begged for a moment's loan of the torch.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He had entered the fog to windward of the steamer, and while the steamer had blindly driven on into the fog in the chance of catching him, he had come about and out of his shelter and was now running down to re-enter to leeward.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But at that moment the summons sounded for dinner; all re-entered the house.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I did not like re-entering Thornfield.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Will it please you to dine with me to-day?" he asked, as we re-entered the gates.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

On re-entering the parlour, I found Diana standing at the window, looking very thoughtful.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)