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🧪 To dissolve again 🏛️ To end again
to redissolve

to redissolve

8.5
To officially end a parliament or group for a second time
  • verb
  • /ˌriːdɪˈzɒlv/
  • UK
: disolver de nuevo
  • After the scandal, the king chose to redissolve the parliament and hold fresh elections.

Examples

  • If the assembly cannot function properly, the president may redissolve it for a second time.

  • The board decided to redissolve the committee after repeated failures to reach an agreement.

  • The government decided to redissolve the assembly.

  • After much debate, they redissolved the committee.

  • After the scandal, the king chose to redissolve the parliament and hold fresh elections.

  • The board decided to redissolve the committee due to ongoing disagreements among its members.

  • If the assembly fails to address the issues, the president may redissolve it to call for new representatives.

Synonyms

to dissolve
vsto redissolve
  • Formal
69 4.1

To officially end an organization, agreement, or relationship

is the same act but done again after an earlier official ending

Antonyms

to establish
692 4.1

To start something that is meant to last

Surface Forms

redissolve infinitive
redissolved past
redissolved past participle
redissolving present participle
redissolves third person singular

Morphology

redissolve = dissolve (semi-transparent) = re + dissolve

Morphologically simple (re- + dissolve), but the parliamentary meaning of 'dissolve' is a specialized sense that some learners may not know.

Etymology

Redissolve comes from the parts re- 'again' and dissolve 'to end or break up', as when a parliament is 'dissolved', so it means to officially end an assembly again.