noun
Meaning 1
The act of entering again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- a re-entry into public life
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Standard Lemma guide
re-entry
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noun
Meaning 2
The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 4
The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 5
Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 6
The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: bridge, card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 8
A re-entry card.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: bridge, card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 9
A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English entry English re-entry From re- + entry.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 再入 (zàirù) — the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
- Hindi: पुनःप्रवेश (punaḥpraveś) — the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
- Spanish: reingreso — the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
- Spanish: reentrada — the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
- Tagalog: balipasok — the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere