Re

[rey] /reɪ/

noun, Music.
1.
the syllable used for the second tone of a diatonic scale.
2.
(in the fixed system of solmization) the tone D.
Compare (def 1).
[ree, rey] /ri, reɪ/
preposition, Chiefly Law and Commerce.
1.
in the case of; with reference to; in re.
[rey] /reɪ/
noun, Egyptian Religion.
1.
.
Symbol, Chemistry.
1.
.
[er] /ər/
1.
contraction of are: They’re leaving.
1.
a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or “backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion:
regenerate; refurbish; retype; retrace; revert.
1.
.
1.
real estate.
1.
real estate.
2.
Reformed Episcopal.
3.
Right Excellent.
Football.
1.
right end.
/reɪ; riː/
noun
1.
(music) a variant spelling of ray3
/riː/
preposition
1.
with reference to
abbreviation
1.
Reunion Island
/reɪ/
noun
1.
another name for Ra2
Chemical symbol
1.
rhenium
symbol
1.
rupee
abbreviation
1.
Reformed Episcopal
2.
Religious Education
3.
Right Excellent
4.
Royal Engineers
prefix
1.
indicating return to a previous condition, restoration, withdrawal, etc: rebuild, renew, retrace, reunite
2.
indicating repetition of an action: recopy, remarry
contraction
1.
are: we’re, you’re, they’re

“with reference to,” used from c.1700 in legalese, from Latin (in) re “in the matter of,” from ablative case of res “matter, thing.” Its use is execrated by Fowler in three different sections of “Modern English Usage.”

word-forming element meaning “back to the original place; again, anew, once more,” also with a sense of “undoing,” c.1200, from Old French and directly from Latin re- “again, back, anew, against,” “Latin combining form concievably from Indo-European *wret-, metathetical variant of *wert- “to turn” [Watkins]. Often merely intensive, and in many of the older borrowings from French and Latin the precise sense of re- is lost in secondary senses or weakened beyond recognition. OED writes that it is “impossible to attempt a complete record of all the forms resulting from its use,” and adds that “The number of these is practically infinite ….” The Latin prefix became red- before vowels and h-, e.g. redact, redeem, redolent, redundant.

Re
The symbol for the element rhenium.

RE abbr.
right eye

re- pref.

Re
The symbol for rhenium.
rhenium
(rē’nē-əm)
Symbol Re
A very rare, dense, silvery-white metallic element with a very high melting point. It is used to make catalysts and electrical contacts. Atomic number 75; atomic weight 186.2; melting point 3,180°C; boiling point 5,627°C; specific gravity 21.02; valence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. See Periodic Table.

regular expression

1. The country code for Reunion.
2. /re-/ (From “rehi”) Hello again. A greeting originating in, and most often heard on, Internet interactive conversation services.
[Jargon File]
(1999-02-08)
Reprint of an Amendment
1.
earth radii
2.
rhenium
1.
real estate
2.
repair escrow [required]
3.
reproductive endocrinologist
4.
right end
Rupee