English Explanatory Dictionary

re-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. again, anew
  2. a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
  3. back, backward

Pronunciation

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Word forms

re-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), see there for more. Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.

Synonyms

ana- palin- with-

Related words

again re repeat
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