reopen[verb]Synonyms: resume, continue, pick up, recommence, renew, restart, take up
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re‧o‧pen /riˈəʊpən $ -ˈoʊ-/
verb [intransitive and transitive]1. if a theatre, restaurant etc reopens, or if it is reopened, it opens again after a period when it was closed:
The swimming pool will reopen in May.2. if you reopen a discussion, law case etc, or if it reopens, you begin it again after it had stopped
reopen a case/question/debate etc
attempts to reopen the issue of the power station’s future3. if a government reopens the border of their country, or if the border reopens, people are allowed to pass through it again after it had been closed
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