verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɹiːˈəʊpən/
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rhymes with -əʊpən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To open (something) again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To open again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
open again or anew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
They reopened the theater
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: open, open up
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-Germanic *upanaz Proto-West Germanic *opan Old English open Middle English open English open English reopen From re- + open.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
reobrir
— (transitive) to open again
Finnish:
avata uudelleen
— (transitive) to open again
French:
rouvrir
— (transitive) to open again
French:
réouvrir
— (transitive) to open again
Galician:
reabrir
— (transitive) to open again
Hungarian:
újra/újból megnyit
— (transitive) to open again
Irish:
athoscail
— (transitive) to open again
Italian:
riaprire
— (transitive) to open again
Manx:
aa-oshil
— (transitive) to open again
Portuguese:
reabrir
— (transitive) to open again
Russian:
переоткрывать
(pereotkryvatʹ)
— (transitive) to open again
Spanish:
reabrir
— (transitive) to open again
Swedish:
återöppna
— (transitive) to open again
French:
se rouvrir
— (intransitive) to open again
Hungarian:
újra/újból megnyit/megnyílik
— (intransitive) to open again
Italian:
riaprirsi
— (intransitive) to open again
Portuguese:
reabrir
— (intransitive) to open again