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reopening

reopening

13 1.8
Making a place or service open again after it was closed
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈoʊpənɪŋ/
translation icon : reapertura
  • I went to a grand reopening after their remodel of my local grocery store on Saturday.
  • beach reopening

The key message from that data is that the reopening is not yet going smoothly.

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Examples

  • Welcome, everyone, to the Grand Reopening... of the newly renovated Hayden Planetarium... here at the Museum of Natural History.

  • And I know many will want to welcome and thank those who've worked so hard for the reopening of schools safely this week.

  • Figure we could have a grand reopening by next summer.

  • I hope to see you all at the reopening of the hotel, - - the date of which will be announced soon.

  • I knew and understood the importance of reopening schools and the importance of making sure that people were safe.

  • I mean, the town's grand reopening is in, like, a week.

  • Got something nice to wear for the big reopening?

  • Now the city wants to do a full assessment, see if the building's even worth reopening.

  • We want to plan for reopening things safely.

  • The city will mark the reopening with an ice cream social at 4 p.m.

Synonyms

reinitiation
vsreopening
7.0

Starting something again after it was paused or finished

refers to making something accessible again after it was shut

Antonyms

46 4.7

The permanent end of a business, school, or service

How Restored

reopening
13 1.8
recanalization
  • Specialized
9.9
clearance
21 4.2
dredging
  • Specialized
4 4.4

Surface Forms

reopening singular
reopenings plural

Morphology

reopening = reopen (transparent) = re + open + ing

This is a regular noun formation from the verb 'reopen' meaning the act or event of reopening.

Etymology

Reopening comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word open meaning 'not closed'. So reopening literally means 'opening again', which is why it refers to the act of opening something after it has been closed.