- a variation of reenter.
re-enter
Britishverb
Explanation
To re-enter is to come in again after going out, the way you might run back to your car, grab your shopping bags, and then re-enter the grocery store. To enter is to go in, from a root that means "between or among," and the prefix re- means "again." Whenever you exit a place, you can choose to re-enter it later (unless you're at a concert and there's a sign reading "no re-entry"). A space shuttle that returns to Earth's atmosphere re-enters it, and an injured basketball player might decide to re-enter the game again in the final quarter.
Example Sentences
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The lease will be up in November, when Mastrangelo will try to re-enter the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A police spokeswoman told the BBC on Friday that the two band members would not be allowed to re-enter Singapore and were barred from performing there.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
A pullback into the $545-to-$550 range over the coming weeks—12% below current levels—would represent a more attractive area to reassess and potentially re-enter on the long side.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The longer someone stays unemployed, the harder it can be to re-enter the workforce.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
They would then leave the museum by the front door and within five minutes would re-enter from the back, through the door that leads from the parking lot to the Children’s Museum.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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