RE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of re in English repreposition uk /riː/ us /riː/ Add to word list Add to word list formal (especially in business letters) about; on the subject of: Re your communication of 15 February ... used in the subject line of an email when it is a reply to another email, followed by the subject of the original message: Re: invoice Regarding and concerning

• about
• apply to someone/something
• apropos
• apropos of something
• around
• connection
• cover
• deal
• deal with someone phrasal verb
• department
• hereof
• in respect of something idiom
• into
• range
• say
• something
• thereof
• towards
• vis-à-vis
• wise

See more results » renoun [ S ] (also ray) uk /reɪ/ us /reɪ/ the second note of the sol-fa musical scale Notes of the musical scale

• B, b
• bass note
• blue note
• C, c
• D, d
• flat
• high doh
• la
• lah
• major
• mi
• middle C
• minor
• quarter tone
• ray
• run
• scale
• semitone
• soh
• sol

See more results » re-prefix uk /riː-/ /ri-/ /rɪ-/ us /riː-/ /ri-/ /rɪ-/ used to add the meaning "do again", especially to verbs: rebuild remarry reusable returning something to its original state: the regreening of our country (= making it green again by planting trees, allowing grass to grow, etc.) Repeating an action

• bang away phrasal verb
• be at it again idiom
• be/sound like a broken record idiom
• binge-watch
• bingeable
• déjà vu
• insist on doing something phrasal verb
• insistence on something/doing something
• iterative
• iteratively
• keep your eye in idiom
• repetitive
• reprise
• reproduce
• reproducible
• reproducibly
• reread
• rerun
• rewrite
• rinse

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Restoring and reviving 'reuk /ər/ us /ɚ/ short form of are: You're late. (Definition of re from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

re | American Dictionary

repreposition us /ri, reɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list (esp. in business letters) about; on the subject of: Re your memo July 10, I have indeed received the order. re-prefix us /ri/ used esp. with verbs to add the meaning "do again": reactivate; reactivation; reassess; reassessment; reassign; recommence; re-create; redistribute; redistribution; redraft; reevaluate; reevaluation; refocus; reformulate; reformulation; reinterpret; reinterpretation; reinvest; reinvestment; reoccur; reorient; reorientation (Definition of re from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

re | Business English

repreposition uk /reɪ/ us /riː/ Add to word list Add to word list COMMUNICATIONS, INTERNET used in the subject line of an email to show that you are replying to an email that was sent to you with the same title. If you reply to an email, this word is automatically added to the reply the person you are emailing receives: The email was titled "Re: Our Meeting Next Week." COMMUNICATIONS used in business letters to refer to a letter or something in a letter you have received and are replying to: Re your communication of 15 February... re-prefix uk /riː-/ us added in front of words to mean "again": rebranding rebuild reusable Renoun [ U ] uk us abbreviation for reinsurance : used in the names of companies that deal with reinsurance: According to its website, Swiss Re is a leading risk carrier and worldwide provider of financial services. (Definition of re from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of re, re-, ’re, Re?

Translations of re

in Chinese (Traditional) （尤用於商務信函中）關於，茲就，事涉, （用於回復電子郵件時的標題行，在被回復的郵件的標題之前）, 來（大調音階的第二個音）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （尤用于商务信函中）关于，兹就，事涉, （用于回复电子邮件时的标题行，在被回复的邮件的标题之前）, 来（大调音阶的第二个音）… See more in Spanish en relación con, re en el sistema de do movible, prefijo que indica repetición… See more in Portuguese a respeito de, ré, usado para acrescentar o sentido de "fazer novamente"… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian （動詞の前に付け）再び, もう一度（～する）, ～に関（かん）して… See more tekrar, yeniden anlamında ön ek, konusunda… See more concernant, re-, ré-… See more betreft, her-… See more věc, ve věci, udělat něco znovu… See more angående, re-… See more perihal, awalan re-… See more อ้างถึง, อีกครั้ง… See more về việc, tiếp đầu ngữ “lại”… See more re-, odp, ponownie… See more angående, åter-, om-… See more perkara, semula… See more betreffend, wieder… See more angående, gjen-, igjen… See more стосовно, значення повторення… See more Need a translator?

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• be
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• re-cock
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