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to reinstate

to reinstate

110 5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt/
translation icon : reincorporar
  • After he took office again in 1991, Brizola reinstated the bus route, and it continues to run today.
  • reinstate employees
  • reinstate policies
  • reinstate procedures

And he says, and others maybe, my dear, you're not trying to reinstate me.

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Examples

  • The school plans to reinstate the sports program that was cut last year.

  • We could probably raise enough to reinstate your program for a year.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • But we're going to reinstate the old gum wall.

  • Someday I intend to clear my record and reinstate my good name.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • He's offered to reinstate you.

  • They want to reinstate you.

  • Thousands of guys wrote in, called in, trying to get you reinstated.

  • New York State plans to reinstate the mandate for the 2010 to 2011 influenza season.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But this instructor, who was a member of a minority group, was reinstated by the Duluth chancellor.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In the end, the board reinstated Sullivan as president, with Dragas joining the vote with an "unequivocal yes."

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

to restore
vsto reinstate
70 3.5

Bring back a previous situation, function, or position

is used to put a person back into a former official role rather than broadly
to reestablish
vsto reinstate
37 4.3

To bring back something that stopped or was lost

is mainly about returning to a previous state or position rather than recreating existence
to reinstitute
vsto reinstate
6 6.1

To start again a rule or practice that stopped

applies when a person or thing is returned to a former position, not only rules
to reassume
vsto reinstate
2 6.6

To take back a job or duty you had before

describes a return caused by others rather than someone resuming it themselves
to reseat
vsto reinstate
1 3.7

To put something back into its correct place so it works

covers restoring prior status or position beyond merely placing someone back in a seat
to restitute
vsto reinstate
8.9

Make something like it was before or better

is focused on returning people or roles to their prior status rather than on condition

Antonyms

1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

How Restored

to restore
70 3.5
to reinstate
110 5.8
to reappoint
  • Formal
5 3.8
to return
1.0

Surface Forms

reinstate infinitive
reinstated past
reinstated past participle
reinstateing present participle
reinstates third person singular

Morphology

reinstate = instate (semi-transparent) = re + in + state

If a learner knows 'instate', adding 're-' gives the straightforward meaning of putting someone back into a position or condition again.

Etymology

Reinstate comes from the parts re- 'again' and instate 'put in position', and is like the common word install. So to reinstate someone is to put them back into their old job or state.