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Definition: RE-

RE-

1. A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: RE-

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RE /R-E/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for regexp. Source: Jargon File.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: RE-

English words defined with "RE-": Ra-. (references)
Etymologies containing "RE-": Rabate, Ramollescence, rapport, rapprochement, Readept, Rebaptize, Reboant, Reboil, recalcitrant, Recense, Recenter, recharge, Rechase, Recision, Recrudescent, Redivivus, redolent, Refluent, renascent, resplendent, resupine, Retection, Retex, reticent, retrace, Retribute, Retund, Revalescent, revenue, Reviction, Revindicate, Revivificate, Reviviscent. (references)
Non-English Usage: "RE-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (back, re-), Esperanto (re-), French (re-), Italian (re-), Latin (again, back, opposite of, re-, recoil, recompense, recriminate, reiterate, remand, remora, repast, repatriate, repeatedly, reproach, reprobate, reunite, reversal of previous condition), Swedish (re-).

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Non-Fiction Usage: RE-

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

Pakistan

Re- export of old and second hand machinery is allowed, subject to the conditions that the machinery has been in use in Pakistan for more than five years, no refund of import levies and duty drawback shall be made, the machinery shall be subject to valuation and pre-shipment inspection by custom authorities and no bank loans are outstanding against this machinery. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: RE-

"RE-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 54.76% of the time. "RE-" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)54.76%2372,767
Noun (singular)19.05%8124,375
Lexical Verb (infinitive)14.29%6143,867
Lexical Verb (base form)11.9%5157,705
                    Total100.00%42N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: RE-

Language Translations for "RE-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏من جديد بادئة. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

重新 (again, once more), (again, another, once more, second). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

weer- (back), terug- (back), re- (back), her- (back). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

re-. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

endur- (back), aftur (aback, afresh, again, all over again, anew, back, backward, backwards, once more). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

jälleen- (back). (various references)

   

French

  

re-, ré-. (various references)

   

German

  

wieder- (back). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξανα-. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ri-, re-. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(again, repeated). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さい (ability, again, alas!, aptitude, circumstances, companion, cut, debt, difference, disparity, genius, gift, hold, how!, judge, loan, my son, on the occasion of, planting, repeated, rhinoceros, son, talent, the extreme, the most, what!, -years-old). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(ash, Ashes, RE). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

e-ray.(various references)

   

Scottish

  

ath-, aith-. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

re-. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yeniden (afresh, again, all over, anew, encore), tekrar (afresh, again, all over, all over again, anew, encore, once more, over, over again, recap, recapitulation, recurrence, reiteration, repeat, repetition, review), geriye (aback, astern, back, backward, backwards, behind, retro-), geri (aback, back, backward, backwards, behind, hind, posterior, rear, rearward, rest, retro-, reverse, reversing, slow). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

dad- (back, dis-, un-), ail- (again). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: RE-

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

re-. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: RE-

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: er, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-r"
 

+1 letter: are, ear, era, ere, erg, ern, err, ers, fer, her, ire, ore, per, reb, rec, red, ree, ref, reg, rei, rem, rep, res, ret, rev, rex, roe, rue, rye, ser.

 

+2 letters: acre, aero, aery, ager, aper, area, ares, arse, aver, bare, bear, beer, berg, berm, bier, bore, brae, bred, bree, bren, brew, brie, byre, care, cere, cero, cire, core, crew, cure, dare, dear, deer, dere, derm, dire, doer, dore, dree, dreg, drek, drew, dure, dyer, earl, earn, ears, ecru, eery, eger, emir, eras, ergo, ergs, erne, erns, eros, errs, erst, euro, ever, ewer, eyer, eyra, eyre, eyry, fare, fear, fere, fern, fire, fore, frae, free, fret, froe, gear, germ, goer, gore, gree, grew, grey, grue, gyre, hare, hear, heir, herb, herd, here, herl, herm, hern, hero, hers, hire, hoer, ired, ires, jeer, jerk, keir, kerb, kerf, kern, kier, kore, lear, leer, lehr, lier, lire, lore, lure, lyre, mare, mere, merk, merl, mire, more, mure, near, nerd, ogre, omer, ores, orle, over, oyer, pare, pear, peer, peri, perk, perm, perp, pert, pier, pore, pree, prep, prex, prey, prez, pure, pyre, race, rage, rake, rale, rape, rare, rase, rate, rave, raze, read, real, ream, reap, rear, rebs, reck, recs, redd, rede, redo, reds, reed, reef, reek, reel, rees, refs, reft, regs, reif, rein, reis, rely, rems, rend, rent, repo, repp, reps, resh, rest, rete, rets, revs, rhea, rice, ride, riel, rife, rile, rime, ripe, rise, rite, rive, robe, rode, roes, role, rope, rose, rote, roue, rove, rube, rude, rued, ruer, rues, rule, rune, ruse, ryes, ryke, sear, seer, sera, sere, serf, sers, sire, sore, suer, sure, tare, tear, term, tern, tier, tire, tore, tree, tref, trek, tret, trey, true, tyer, tyre, urea, urge, user, veer, vera, verb, vert, very, vier, ware, wear, weer, weir, were, wert, wire, wore, wren, yare, year, yerk, yore, zerk, zero.

 

+3 letters: abler, acerb, acred, acres, adder, adore, aerie, afire, afore, after, agers, agger, agree, aider, aimer, aired, airer, aiver, alder, alert, alter, amber, ameer, anear, anger, antre, apers, apery, apres, apter, arced, ardeb, areae, areal, areas, areca, areic, arena, arete, argle, argue, ariel, arise, arles, armed, armer, armet, arose, arpen, arses, artel, asker, asper, aster, auger, aurae, aurei, aures, avers, avert, aware, azure, baker, baler, barbe, barde, bared, barer, bares, barge, barre, barye, baser, beard, bears, beers, beery, beret, bergs, berme, berms, berry, berth, beryl, bevor, bider, biers, biker, birle, birse, biter, blare, blear, bluer, boner, bored, borer, bores, borne, bower, boxer, brace, braes, brake, brave, braze, bread, break, bream, brede, breed, brees, brens, brent, breve, brews, bribe, bride, brief, brier, bries, brine, broke, brome, brose, brume, brute, buret, burke, burse, buyer, byres, caber, cadre, cager, caner, caper, cared, carer, cares, caret, carex, carle, carse, carte, carve, cater, caver, cedar, ceder, ceorl, cerci, cered, ceres, ceria, ceric, ceros, chare, cheer, chert, chore, cider, cires, citer, clear, clerk, coder, comer, cooer, coper, cored, corer, cores, corse, cover, cower, coyer, crake, crane, crape, crate, crave, craze, creak, cream, credo, creed, creek, creel, creep, creme, crepe, crept, crepy, cress, crest, crews, cried, crier, cries, crime, cripe, crone, crore, croze, crude, cruel, cruet, cruse, cuber, cured, curer, cures, curet, curie, curse, curve, cuter, cyder, dared, darer, dares, dater, deair, dears, deary, debar, decor, decry, deers, defer, demur, denar, derat, deray, derby, derma, derms, derry, deter, dewar, dicer, diker, dimer, diner, direr, dirge, diver, doers, doper, doser, doter, dower, dozer, drake, drape, drave, dread, dream, drear, dreck, dreed, drees, dregs, dreks, dress, drest, dried, drier, dries, drive, drone, drove, drupe, druse, dryer, duper, dured, dures, dyers, eager, eagre, eared, earls, early, earns, earth, eater, ecrus, edger, eerie, egers, eggar, egger, egret, eider, elder, elver, embar, ember, emeer, emery, emirs, emmer, ender, enorm, enrol, enter, entry, enure, ephor, erase, erect, ergot, erica, ernes, erode, erose, erred, error, erses, eruct, erugo, erupt, ervil, escar, eskar, esker, ester, ether, euros, evert, every, ewers, exert, extra, exurb, eyers, eyras, eyres, eyrie, eyrir, facer, fader, faery, faker, farce, fared, farer, fares, farle, fears, femur, feral, feres, feria, ferly, fermi, ferns, ferny, ferry, fetor, feuar, fever, fewer, feyer, fiber, fibre, fiery, fifer, filer, finer, fired, firer, fires, fiver, fixer, flare, fleer, flier, flyer, force, fores, forge, forme, forte, foyer, frame, freak, freed, freer, frees, fremd, frena, frere, fresh, frets, fried, frier, fries, frise, froes, frore, froze, fryer, fumer, furze, gager, gamer, gaper, gayer, gazer, gears, genre, genro, gerah, germs, germy, giber, giver, glare, gluer, goers, gofer, goner, gored, gores, gorge, gorse, grace, grade, grape, grate, grave, graze, great, grebe, greed, greek, green, grees, greet, grego, greys, gride, grief, grime, gripe, grope, grove, gruel, grues, grume, gurge, gyred, gyres, haler, hared, harem, hares, hater, haver, hayer, hazer, heard, hears, heart, heder, heirs, henry, herbs, herby, herds, heres, herls, herma, herms, herns, heron, heros, herry, hertz, hewer, hexer, hider, hiker, hired, hirer, hires, hoers, homer, honer, hoper, horde, horse, hover, huger, hyper, icier, icker, idler, iller, inert, infer, inker, inner, inter, inure, irade, irate, irked, irone, ither, jager, japer, jeers, jerid, jerks, jerky, jerry, jiber, jiver, joker, jurel, kebar, kefir, keirs, kerbs, kerfs, kerne, kerns, kerry, kiers, kiter, kreep, krone, kyrie, lacer, lader, lager, laker, lamer, laree, lares, large, laser, later, laver, laxer, layer, learn, lears, leary, leers, leery, leger, lehrs, lemur, leper, lever, liber, liers, lifer, liger, liker, liner, liter, litre, liver, livre, loner, loper, lores, loser, lover, lower, lucre, luger, lured, lurer, lures, lyres, macer, madre, maker, mares, marge, marse, maser, mater, mazer, mercy, merde, merer, meres, merge, merit, merks, merle, merls, merry, meter, metre, metro, miler, mimer, miner, mired, mires, mirex, miser, miter, mitre, mixer, moire, moper, morae, morel, mores, morse, mover, mower, mured, mures, murex, murre, muser, muter, nacre, namer, nares, nears, nerds, nerdy, nerol, nerts, nertz, nerve, nervy, never, newer, nicer, niter, nitre, noter, nuder, nurse, oared, oater, ocher, ochre, ocker, ocrea, odder, offer, ofter, ogler, ogres, oiler, older, omber, ombre, omers, onery, oorie, opera, orate, orbed, order, oread, oriel, orles, ormer, osier, other, otter, ourie, outer, outre, overs, overt, owner, oxter, oyers, pacer, padre, pager, paler, paper, parae, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, parve, pater, paver, pawer, payer, pearl, pears, peart, pedro, peers, peery, perch, perdu, perdy, perea, peril, peris, perks, perky, perms, perps, perry, perse, peter, piers, piker, piper, plier, plyer, poker, poler, pored, pores, poser, power, prase, prate, preed, preen, prees, preps, presa, prese, press, prest, prexy, preys, price, pride, pried, prier, pries, prime, prise, prize, probe, proem, prole, prone, prose, prove, prude, prune, pryer, puler, puree, purer, purge, purse, pyres, quare, queer, quern, query, quire, raced, racer, races, raged, ragee, rages, raise, rajes, raked, rakee, raker, rakes, rales, ramee, ramen, ramet, ramie, rance, ranee, range, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, rared, rarer, rares, rased, raser, rases, rated, ratel, rater, rates, rathe, raved, ravel, raven, raver, raves, rawer, raxed, raxes, rayed, razed, razee, razer, razes, reach, react, readd, reads, ready, realm, reals, reams, reaps, rearm, rears, reata, reave, rebar, rebbe, rebec, rebel, rebid, rebop, rebus, rebut, rebuy, recap, recce, recks, recon, recta, recti, recto, recur, recut, redan, redds, reded, redes, redia, redid, redip, redly, redon, redos, redox, redry, redub, redux, redye, reeds, reedy, reefs, reefy, reeks, reeky, reels, reest, reeve, refed, refel, refer, refit, refix, refly, refry, regal, reges, regma, regna, rehab, rehem, reifs, reify, reign, reink, reins, reive, rekey, relax, relay, relet, relic, relit, reman, remap, remet, remex, remit, remix, renal, rends, renew, renig, renin, rente, rents, reoil, repay, repeg, repel, repin, reply, repos, repot, repps, repro, reran, rerig, rerun, resaw, resay, resee, reset, resew, resid, resin, resod, resow, rests, retag, retax, retch, retem, retia, retie, retro, retry, reuse, revel, revet, revue, rewan, rewax, rewed, rewet, rewin, rewon, rexes, rheas, rheum, rhyme, ribes, riced, ricer, rices, rider, rides, ridge, riels, rifer, rifle, riled, riles, riley, rille, rimed, rimer, rimes, rinse, riped, ripen, riper, ripes, risen, riser, rises, rites, rived, riven, river, rives, rivet, robed, robes, roble, rodeo, roger, rogue, roles, romeo, roose, roped, roper, ropes, ropey, roque, rosed, roses, roset, rotes, rotte, rouen, roues, rouge, rouse, route, roved, roven, rover, roves, rowed, rowel, rowen, rower, rubes, ruble, ruche, ruder, ruers, ruffe, rugae, ruled, ruler, rules, rumen, runes, rupee, ruses, ryked, rykes, saber, sabre, safer, sager, saker, saner, saree, sarge, saver, sawer, sayer, scare, score, scree, screw, sears, seder, seers, senor, serac, serai, seral, sered, serer, seres, serfs, serge, serif, serin, serow, serry, serum, serve, servo, sever, sewar, sewer, share, shear, sheer, sherd, shier, shire, shoer, shore, shred, shrew, shyer, sieur, siker, sired, siree, siren, sires, siver, sizer, skier, slier, slyer, smear, smerk, snare, sneer, snore, sober, sorel, sorer, sores, sower, spare, spear, speer, speir, sperm, spier, spire, spore, spree, sprue, stare, steer, stere, stern, store, strep, strew, suber, sucre, suers, super, surer, surge, sware, swear, sweer, swore, syren, taber, taker, taler, tamer, taper, tared, tares, targe, tarre, tater, tawer, taxer, tears, teary, tenor, terai, terce, terga, terms, terne, terns, terra, terry, terse, tetra, their, there, therm, three, threw, throe, tiers, tiger, tiler, timer, tired, tires, titer, titre, toker, toner, toper, tores, torse, torte, toter, tower, toyer, trace, trade, trave, tread, treat, treed, treen, trees, treks, trend, tress, trets, trews, treys, tribe, trice, tried, trier, tries, trike, trine, tripe, trite, trode, troke, trone, trope, trove, truce, trued, truer, trues, tuber, tuner, tuyer, twerp, twier, twyer, tyers, tyred, tyres, udder, ulcer, umber, under, upper, uraei, urare, urase, urate, ureal, ureas, uredo, ureic, urged, urger, urges, urine, ursae, users, usher, uteri, utter, varve, veers, veery, velar, verbs, verge, verse, verso, verst, verts, vertu, verve, vexer, viers, viler, viper, vireo, vires, vomer, voter, vower, wader, wafer, wager, waker, waler, wared, wares, warez, water, waver, waxer, wears, weary, weber, weird, weirs, where, whore, wider, wiper, wired, wirer, wires, wiser, wiver, wooer, worse, wreak, wreck, wrens, wrest, wried, wrier, wries, write, wrote, wryer, xeric, xerox, xerus, yager, yarer, yearn, years, yerba, yerks, yores, zaire, zebra, zerks, zeros, zoner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RE-


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

523915

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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