"re" meaning in English

See re in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-re (note).wav Forms: ray [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Glover's solmization, from Middle English re (“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian re in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin resonāre (“made to resound”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|re||second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales}} Middle English re (“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), {{der|en|it|re}} Italian re, {{der|en|la|resonāre|t=made to resound}} Latin resonāre (“made to resound”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} re (uncountable)
  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale. Tags: uncountable Translations (the second note in solfège): رِي (rī) [masculine] (Arabic), رِي (rē) [masculine] (Arabic), re (Basque), re [common-gender] (Danish), re (Finnish), [masculine] (French), ρε (re) (Greek), re (Hungarian), [masculine] (Irish), (re) (Japanese), (re) (Korean), ре (re) (Macedonian), [masculine] (Portuguese), ре (re) [neuter] (Russian), เร (ree) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-re-en-noun-3Js8QEsO Categories (other): Music, English 2-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 32 22 17 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 10 24 32 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 33 8 24 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 53 47 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɹiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-re (e).wav Forms: res [plural]
Etymology: From re-. Head templates: {{en-noun}} re (plural res)
  1. (video games, slang) Clipping of rematch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: rematch
    Sense id: en-re-en-noun-CF-mTa4b Categories (other): Video games, English 2-letter words Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 32 22 17 28 Topics: video-games
  2. (marketing, branding) Clipping of reinsurance. (used in the branding of reinsurance company names) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: reinsurance (extra: used in the branding of reinsurance company names)
    Sense id: en-re-en-noun-6geyXYPS Categories (other): Marketing, English 2-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 32 22 17 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 10 24 32 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 33 8 24 35 Topics: business, marketing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Preposition

IPA: /ɹiː/, /ɹeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-re (e).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-re (note).wav , en-us-ray.ogg
Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|rē}} Latin rē Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} re, {{en-prep}} re
  1. About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents, emails and case law. Related terms: in re, in rem Translations (regarding): فِي مَا يَخُصّ (fī mā yaḵuṣṣ) (Arabic), عن (ʕann) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), الي يخص (eli yeḵuṣṣ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), angående (Danish), hvad angår (Danish), (wat) betreft (Dutch), AW (German), περί (perí) (Greek), (wa) (Japanese), co do (Polish)
    Sense id: en-re-en-prep-laLMJ45x Categories (other): English 2-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English prepositions, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, E-mail Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 32 22 17 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 10 24 32 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 33 8 24 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of E-mail: 22 25 17 35 Synonyms: about, apropos, as for, about, anent [archaic], apropos, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, concerned with, connected with, concerning, dealing with, in reference to, in regard to, in regards to [proscribed, sometimes], in relation to, in respect of, IRT [initialism], in terms of, on, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, with regard to, with respect to, WRT [initialism], touching [archaic]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "used in the branding of reinsurance company names",
          "word": "reinsurance"
        }
      ],
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        "English clippings",
        "en:Marketing"
      ],
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        "Clipping of reinsurance. (used in the branding of reinsurance company names)"
      ],
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        [
          "marketing",
          "marketing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "reinsurance",
          "reinsurance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "branding",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(marketing, branding) Clipping of reinsurance. (used in the branding of reinsurance company names)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "marketing"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɹiː/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "re"
  ],
  "word": "re"
}

Download raw JSONL data for re meaning in English (12.2kB)

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  "path": [],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "prep",
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  "msg": "re/English/prep: invalid uppercase tag Egyptian-Arabic not in or uppercase_tags",
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