reopen

re·o·pen

R0154800 (rē-ō′pən)tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September.2. To take up again or be taken up again; resume.

reopen

(riːˈəʊpən) vbto open or cause to open again

re•o•pen

(riˈoʊ pən)

v.t., v.i. 1. to open again. 2. to resume. [1725–35]

reopen

Past participle: reopened
Gerund: reopening

Imperative
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Present
I reopen
you reopen
he/she/it reopens
we reopen
you reopen
they reopen

Preterite
I reopened
you reopened
he/she/it reopened
we reopened
you reopened
they reopened

Present Continuous
I am reopening
you are reopening
he/she/it is reopening
we are reopening
you are reopening
they are reopening

Present Perfect
I have reopened
you have reopened
he/she/it has reopened
we have reopened
you have reopened
they have reopened

Past Continuous
I was reopening
you were reopening
he/she/it was reopening
we were reopening
you were reopening
they were reopening

Past Perfect
I had reopened
you had reopened
he/she/it had reopened
we had reopened
you had reopened
they had reopened

Future
I will reopen
you will reopen
he/she/it will reopen
we will reopen
you will reopen
they will reopen

Future Perfect
I will have reopened
you will have reopened
he/she/it will have reopened
we will have reopened
you will have reopened
they will have reopened

Future Continuous
I will be reopening
you will be reopening
he/she/it will be reopening
we will be reopening
you will be reopening
they will be reopening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been reopening
you have been reopening
he/she/it has been reopening
we have been reopening
you have been reopening
they have been reopening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been reopening
you will have been reopening
he/she/it will have been reopening
we will have been reopening
you will have been reopening
they will have been reopening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reopening
you had been reopening
he/she/it had been reopening
we had been reopening
you had been reopening
they had been reopening

Conditional
I would reopen
you would reopen
he/she/it would reopen
we would reopen
you would reopen
they would reopen

Past Conditional
I would have reopened
you would have reopened
he/she/it would have reopened
we would have reopened
you would have reopened
they would have reopened

Thesaurus

Verb

reopen - open again or anew; "They reopened the theater"open, open up - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"

reopen

verb open again, resume, restart, begin again, recommence, continue, go on, proceed, carry on, reinstitute, take up or pick up where you left off There was a call to reopen the investigation1. open again The Theatre Royal will reopen in November.

reopen

verbTo begin or go on after an interruption:continue, pick up, renew, restart, resume, take up.

Translations

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reopen

open old wounds

To bring up or remind someone of a painful, tragic, or unfortunate past event or situation. Seeing Jessica with her new girlfriend opened a lot of old wounds this afternoon. The fight got pretty nasty, and we both started opening old wounds from years ago.See also: old, open, wound

reopen old wounds

To bring up or remind someone of a painful, tragic, or unfortunate past event or situation. Seeing Jessica with her new girlfriend reopened a lot of old wounds this afternoon. The fight got pretty nasty, and we both started reopening old wounds from years ago.See also: old, reopen, wound

open old wounds

reopen old wounds

If something or someone opens old wounds or reopens old wounds, they remind you of an unpleasant experience in the past that you would prefer to forget. I didn't raise the subject again — I was in no hurry to open old wounds. It is said that the row is reopening old wounds among Conservative MPs.See also: old, open, wound

reopen old ˈwounds

remind somebody of something unpleasant that happened or existed in the past: Look, let’s try not to reopen any old wounds this time, OK?See also: old, reopen, wound

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Synonyms for reopen

verb open again

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verb open again

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Synonyms for reopen

verb to begin or go on after an interruption

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verb open again or anew

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