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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His allies have engineered a parliamentary by-election in June that they hope will let him re-enter Parliament and then run for Mr. Starmer’s job.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Authorities held an emergency meeting on Sunday and decided not to allow the woman now isolating on Pitcairn to re-enter French Polynesia.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
“Campers with reservations are hesitant to leave the park, knowing that it may take up to two hours to re-enter on busy days,” the department statement read.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Even if a firmer truce were to take hold, shipping companies and port operators would need to see safer conditions in order to transit the strait and re-enter the region.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
While the coast was clear, I decided to re-enter the coal shed and tell Schwarz of our plan for next Thursday.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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