reenter

verb

re·​en·​ter (ˌ)rē-ˈen-tər 

reentered; reentering; reenters

transitive verb

1

: to enter (something) again

2

: to return to and enter

intransitive verb

: to enter again

Examples of reenter in a Sentence

The space shuttle has safely reentered the Earth's atmosphere.

If you leave the theater, you won't be allowed to reenter without showing a ticket stub.

The quarterback reentered the game in the second half.

The original file was corrupted, so they had to reenter the data.

Recent Examples on the Web

Once firefighters completed their work and determined the building was safe to reenter, the facility was turned back over to Amazon management, and employees were allowed to return to work. — Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will reenter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fashion, after a robotic rescue mission failed to boost the scope to a higher orbit. — Leonard David, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026

But a spacecraft that could do all of those jobs and remain robust enough to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere would simply be too heavy for a lunar landing and subsequent liftoff. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 28 Oct. 2026

The spaceplane flies like a miniature unpiloted version of NASA’s Space Shuttle and reenters the atmosphere for an autonomous land runway landing at the end of each mission. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Rhymes for reenter

• minter
• printer
• sinter
• splinter
• sprinter
• winter
• midwinter
• overwinter
• teleprinter

Kids Definition

reenter

verb

re·​en·​ter (ˈ)rē-ˈent-ər 

: to enter again

reentered the building