re-enter

/'ri:'entə/

Thân thiện

You must re-enter your password to continue.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To enter again: To go into a place, situation, or condition for a second or subsequent time.

Usage

• The verb "re-enter" is used to describe the action of entering something once more. It is often used in formal, legal, or procedural contexts.
• It is commonly followed by a direct object (what is being entered again).
• It can be used in both active and passive voice.

Examples

• Active Voice:
  • After the fire drill, the employees were allowed to re-enter the building.
  • The spacecraft will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere tomorrow.
• Passive Voice:
  • The password must be entered again; incorrect data was re-entered into the system.

Advanced Usage

• "Re-enter" in Computing/Data Entry: To input data or a command for a second time.
  • If the validation fails, you will be prompted to re-enter your email address.
• "Re-enter" in Legal/Immigration Contexts: To return to a country or jurisdiction.
  • The treaty allows citizens to re-enter the territory without a new visa.

Variants and Related Words

• Re-entry (noun): The act of entering again.
  • The astronaut prepared for atmospheric re-entry.
• Re-entrant (adjective/noun): (In geometry or computing) Pointing inwards or a feature that re-enters.
  • A re-entrant angle.

Synonyms

• Return to: To go back to a place.
• Go back into: To enter again (less formal).

Phrasal Verbs

• (As a single-word verb, "re-enter" itself functions similarly to a phrasal verb. Common phrasal verbs with "enter" like "enter into" are not directly combined with "re-".)

Related Idioms

• No common idioms specifically use "re-enter." The meaning is typically literal.

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Verb

1. enter again
   • You cannot re-enter the country with this visa