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reentry

reentry

7 4.4
Entering a place or situation again after leaving it
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈɛntri/
translation icon : reingreso
  • The reentry of the spacecraft was successfully monitored by ground control.
  • reentry program
  • reentry services

Doctor John and I are also, we're talking about this idea maybe next fall of, you know, Speaking of retreats, reentry and sharing.

Examples

  • What influences a parolee's decision to enroll in the community college element within a reentry program?

    Academic text (2014)

  • "Your reentry students may have to think of getting a job as well as an education.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Finally, reentry programs are needed in the communities to which these youth offenders will return.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Prisoner reentry has implications for social work practice at many levels.

    Academic text (2008)

  • It's a reentry program for ex-offenders.

    Missing (2023)

  • In 2001, the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative provided federal funding for reentry services for those paroled from prison.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Consequently, reentry emphasizes the provision of needed services and avoidance of future criminal behavior.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Oreanna will go with Binky to the reentry program and report him to the formidable woman who runs it.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In the National Health Line column, Wheeler and Patterson discuss issues related to prisoner reentry and consider implications for social workers.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Seiter and Kadela (2003) reviewed 32 published studies to identify effective reentry services and programs.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

return
vsreentry
413 1.0

An act of coming back to a place or state

is about going in again, implying actual passage inside rather than a general comeback
readmission
vsreentry
5 4.4

Being allowed to enter a place or group again after leaving

is about going back in without focus on formal permission or official acceptance
reentrance
vsreentry
5.5

Going into a place again after leaving it

is used more generally for going in again, not specifying position or state

Antonyms

exit
129 1.0

The act of leaving a place or situation

How Involved

recommitment
1 4.8
reentry
7 4.4
observation
211 3.0

Surface Forms

reentry singular
reentries plural

Morphology

reentry = entry (transparent) = re + entry

Adding 're-' to 'entry' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'entry again'.

Etymology

Reentry comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and entry meaning 'the act of going in'. So reentry simply means entering again, like going back into a building or rejoining society after leaving.