to reinstate
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5.8
- verb
- /ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt/
- After he took office again in 1991, Brizola reinstated the bus route, and it continues to run today.
- reinstate employees
- reinstate policies
- reinstate procedures
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Watch on YouTubeAnd he says, and others maybe, my dear, you're not trying to reinstate me.
- And he says, and others maybe, my dear, you're not trying to reinstate me.
- Right after this, investors started exerting pressure on Open AI to reinstate Sam because obviously people were leaving.
- They pushed for Altman to be reinstated while also offering him a role at Microsoft.
- He managed to be reinstated as protector and have himself and his heirs designated to succeed Henry.
- And his idol is Brian Robson, so he's adamant he ain't playing for West Ham anymore unless they reinstate John Lyle.
- What I've been told is that Reggie can't get his Heisman Trophy back until the NCAA makes his records and his accolades on the field for that year reinstated.
- But WADA reinstates them into competition, basically just going back on the on their own, you know, word that this had to happen.
- And then she decided to go back to school, reinstated her pharmacy degree, her license.
- So he says the, the Super sensible beyond is reinstated.
- Reinstating accounts that have been banned or giving people the option to reinstate.
Examples
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The school plans to reinstate the sports program that was cut last year.
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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.
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Someday I intend to clear my record and reinstate my good name.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's offered to reinstate you.
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They want to reinstate you.
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Thousands of guys wrote in, called in, trying to get you reinstated.
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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
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3.5
Bring back a previous situation, function, or position
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4.3
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
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6.1
To start again a rule or practice that stopped
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6.6
To take back a job or duty you had before
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3.7
To put something back into its correct place so it works
Make something like it was before or better
Antonyms
How Restored
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4.3
70
3.5
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5.8
- Formal
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3.8
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.