0 present participle of reopen
1 If a place or business, etc. reopens or is reopened, it begins to operate, or it becomes open for people to use, after being closed for a period of time:
The museum has reopened after nearly two years of reconstruction.
He hung a sign on the door of the shop which said it would reopen at 11.00.
to reopen an enquiry/investigation
to reopen a debate/discussion
In each case, central leaders reasoned that they did not have the votes for stronger legislation and saw no advantage in reopening earlier controversies.
Reopening of the arterial duct occurred immediately after dilation in a patient aged eight years.
After the guests' departure from the third camp the establishment was shut down and cleaned professionally before reopening.
Given such figures, the problem of reopening the universities while implementing a process of denazification could not but be a highly complex one.
There were strong outcries for reopening the trade among the border communities.
The most frequent complications were bleeding (12), chest reopening for tamponade (8), infection (6), renal failure (12), thromboembolism (3).
The most frequent complications were bleeding (12), chest reopening for tamponade (8), infection (6), renal failure (12), rhromboembolism (3).
Architecture would be better served in remembering and reopening some of these issues and admitting to their problems.
