reopenre‧o‧pen /riˈəʊpən $ -ˈoʊ-/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] 
The swimming pool will reopen in May.2if you reopen a discussion, law case etc, or if it reopens, you begin it again after it had stoppedreopen a case/question/debate etc attempts to reopen the issue of the power station’s future3if a government reopens the border of their country, or if the border reopens, people are allowed to pass through it again after it had been closed
VERB TABLE
reopen
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | reopen |
| he, she, it | reopens | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | reopened |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have reopened |
| he, she, it | has reopened | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had reopened |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will reopen |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have reopened |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am reopening |
| he, she, it | is reopening | |
| you, we, they | are reopening | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was reopening |
| you, we, they | were reopening | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been reopening |
| he, she, it | has been reopening | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been reopening |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be reopening |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been reopening |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Garrett reopened the murder investigation in May.
- Police have decided to reopen the investigation in the light of important new evidence.
- The action is likely to reopen debates about affirmative action.
- The two sides are prepared to reopen peace talks.
- After De Smet finally abandoned his expensive mission, none was reopened until 1866.
- At the time I was there, investors were planning to fix it up and reopen it.
- But this reopens the issue of national dependence on Uncle Sam.
- He took a risk this week by breaking with House Republicans and seeking to reopen the government while budget talks proceed.
- It is to reopen March 16.
- J.P.. had been completely renovated and, in 1951, was reopened to the public.
- The motion was carried, and the school was reopened with a new teacher.
- To condemn him too publicly would reopen wounds within the party.
Longman Language Activatorto continue doing something after stopping
if you continue doing something, or it continues, it starts again after stopping: · After a while the rain stopped, allowing the game to continue.· He has decided to go back to Cambridge to continue his medical studies.· The tour continued after a rest day in Bordeaux.continue doing something: · Have a rest before you continue driving.· He's not sure whether he'll be able to continue skiing competitively after the operation.
to start again , continuing the same thing that you were doing before you stopped, or continuing to happen in the same way as before: · He stopped exercising after the injury, but recently he's started again.start something again: · I've had a good vacation and I'm not exactly looking forward to starting work again.start doing something again: · After a two-week rest I was ready to start running again.· Billy was afraid to say anything in case she started crying again.start to do something again: · Marian stared through the window. It was starting to snow again.
also carry on British to continue doing something after stopping for a short time: · Occasionally he would stop writing, read through what he had written, and then go on.· It's one o'clock now. Shall we carry on after lunch?go on/carry on doing something: · After a short break for coffee, they went on working until 3 o'clock.· She decided to carry on working after having the baby.go on with: · Let's stop now. We'll go on with this tomorrow.· As soon as Mr Saunders gets back, we'll carry on with the meeting.
to start doing a particular job again after a period when you were doing something else. Return to is more formal than go back to: · Melanie made herself a cup of tea and then went back to her reading.· Some mothers return to full-time work only a few weeks after their baby is born.go back to/return to doing something: · If he can't get work as an actor, he can always go back to being an electrician.
formal if you resume something or it resumes , it continues after a pause or interruption: · Collins was so seriously injured that he was unable to resume his career.· The jurors are anxious to resume their normal lives again.resume doing something: · He said no more, and resumed reading his newspaper.
to start doing something such as a sport or activity again after a long period of time when you were not doing it: take something up again: · I stopped playing the guitar when I was fifteen, but now I'd like to take it up again.take up something again: · Now that I don't have to work in the evenings, I'd like to take up sketching again.
to start something again at exactly the same point where you stopped: · After a long absence I went back to college, hoping to pick up where I'd left off.· The team has picked up where they left off last spring.· Negotiators will meet again after the holidays and take up where they left off.
if someone reopens a formal discussion, trial etc, or it reopens , it starts again after stopping, especially because new information has been found: · The two sides are prepared to reopen peace talks.· The action is likely to reopen debates about affirmative action.· Police have decided to reopen the investigation in the light of important new evidence.
to start to do something again - use this especially about activities done by governments and military organizations: · The rebels waited until nightfall to renew their attack on the city.· Iceland has no immediate plans to renew commercial whaling.
to make you remember unpleasant experiences from the past if someone drags up or rakes up things from the past that you would prefer to forget, they start talking about them and make you remember them: drag/rake something up: · I said I was sorry, so I don't want you to keep raking it up again.drag/rake up something: · I don't know why you insist on dragging the past up every time we get together.
if an event or course of action opens old wounds , it reminds someone of an unpleasant experience from the past: · I'd prefer not to see my ex-wife - it will just open old wounds.· The spy trial has reopened old wounds in the immigrant community.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY attempts to reopen the issue of the power station’s futureCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1if a theatre, restaurant etc reopens, or if it is reopened, it opens again after a period when it was closed: attempts to reopen the issue of the power station’s future· Cleveland Police have said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the murder and are not reopening the case.· Sacks is seeking to reopen a case in which Fuhrman was the lead investigator.· He is trying again to reopen the case.
· The cautious effort to reopen the debate was sparked by a controversial report from the United Nations Population Division this year.
· The congress called on the government to reopen schools and Niamey University, closed following rioting on Feb. 27.· The government crisis reopened the question of the timing of unification.· It urges the government to reopen this question.
· But this reopens the issue of national dependence on Uncle Sam.· A bout of selling on the stock exchange, perhaps, or a cold snap that reopens the fuel price issue.
· The new discovery, of weakness in welded joints, may delay plans to reopen the plant's two reactors.· Anger over plans to reopen prison.
· It is not appropriate to reopen the question of Zionism and racism.· The government crisis reopened the question of the timing of unification.· It urges the government to reopen this question.
· The town hall is set to reopen next year and will include a tourist information centre, library and concert room.· If all goes well the Borghese Gallery should reopen within a year.· Further investment is needed at the colliery, which reopened last year when 160 miners invested £10,000 each to form the consortium.· When Waddesdon reopens at Easter next year the guests will be the general public.
The swimming pool will reopen in May.2if you reopen a discussion, law case etc, or if it reopens, you begin it again after it had stoppedreopen a case/question/debate etc attempts to reopen the issue of the power station’s future3if a government reopens the border of their country, or if the border reopens, people are allowed to pass through it again after it had been closed