Reopen | Mean of reopen in English Dictionary
/riˈoʊpən/
- Verb
- to open again after being closed
- The restaurant will reopen in April.
- I'm sorry, but the store is closed. We reopen at nine on Monday.
- The cut on his knee reopened when he tried to run.
- The company announced plans to reopen its Detroit factory.
- a procedure to reopen a clogged artery
- Telling that story will only reopen old wounds. [=cause people to think of things from the past that make them sad, angry, etc.]
- to start (something) again after a period without activity
- They reopened [=resumed] the negotiations.
- The district attorney reopened the murder case because new evidence was found.
- The negotiations have reopened.
- to discuss and make changes to (something that had been considered finished) again
- He wants the team to reopen his contract.
