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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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | RE /R-E/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for regexp. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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-). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 54.76% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (singular) | 19.05% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.29% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.9% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "RE-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | من جديد بادئة. (various references) | |
Chinese | 重新 (again, once more), 再 (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 | 再 (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 | 재 (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | re-. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523915 |
| 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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