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reopen Meaning & Definition

En [ ˌriːˈəʊ.pən]
Us [ ˌriːˈoʊ.pən]

Meaning of reopen In English

0 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
- to reopen a legal case/file
1 to open something again after it has been closed for a period of time:
- [ I ] Restaurant and hotel owners were wondering when they could reopen.
- [ T ] He said he would reopen the road during morning and evening rush hours.
- [ T ] This may present an opportunity to reopen peace talks.
2 if a place or a business reopens or is reopened, it begins to operate, or it becomes open for people to use, after being closed for a period of time:
- Strikers will return to their jobs Friday, allowing the company to reopen all of the plants.
- We need to analyse investment prospects in light of how stock prices have behaved since the markets reopened.
- The store closed for renovations last autumn, and is due to reopen in the summer.
3 to begin or to begin something again, after a period of time:
- reopen discussions/negotiations/talks The two companies have reopened talks about a possible merger or alliance.
- debate/discussions reopen Debate has reopened over the 35-hour week.
- Shares in the company, suspended at 6.5p, could reopen at a premium this week.
4 if a formal process or a legal case reopens or is reopened, it begins again because new facts have appeared and the decision made originally may not have been correct:
- reopen a case/inquiry/investigation The case was reopened in 2010 after new evidence came to light.
5 to offer an additional amount on an existing bond, etc., at the same interest rate and with the same maturity date (= date on which it becomes ready to be paid):
- Kenya plans to reopen its 25-year bond this month and aims to raise as much as 15 billion shillings.

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Examples of reopen

After the guests' departure from the third camp the establishment was shut down and cleaned professionally before reopening.
At both undisturbed sites, however, obstructed waterways have been reopened to introduce more freshwater and to foster mangrove regrowth.
There were strong outcries for reopening the trade among the border communities.
Drains could have been blocked to fill up plazas during rainstorms and reopened to release water as desired.
When the matter had been reopened in parliament, he maintained that he had further explained the position to everyone's satisfaction.
The revisitation of ritual deposits that are reopened and later resealed also complicates interpretation, as is seen in the example to be discussed here.
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).