"rehire" meaning in English

See rehire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: rehires [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From re- + hire. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|hire}} re- + hire Head templates: {{en-noun}} rehire (plural rehires)
  1. A former employee who has been hired again.
    Sense id: en-rehire-en-noun-9wJaBIBy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: re-hire

Verb

Forms: rehires [present, singular, third-person], rehiring [participle, present], rehired [participle, past], rehired [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From re- + hire. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|hire}} re- + hire Head templates: {{en-verb}} rehire (third-person singular simple present rehires, present participle rehiring, simple past and past participle rehired)
  1. To hire again.
    Sense id: en-rehire-en-verb-7O4elQlU Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: re-hire

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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