reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˌ)rē-ˈen-trē 

1

: a retaking possession

especially : entry by a lessor on leased premises on the tenant's failure to perform the conditions of the lease

2

: a second or new entry

3

: a playing card that will enable a player to regain the lead

4

: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space

Examples of reentry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This new reentry path, Henfling said, should allow the Avcoat material to erode normally. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026

But the ongoing uptick in space activity has led to growing numbers of riskier uncontrolled reentries. —Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026

Desert Diamond Arena reentry policy Reentry is prohibited at all Desert Diamond Arena events. —Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Senate Bill 4, first passed in 2017 and expanded in 2023, requires law enforcement agencies to reasonably cooperate with ICE and created new state crimes related to unlawful entry and reentry, though portions of the law are currently tied up in court. —Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reentry

• wintry

Kids Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē 

1

: a second or new entry

2

: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space

Medical Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē 

plural reentries

: a cardiac mechanism that is held to explain certain abnormal heart actions (as tachycardia) and that involves the transmission of a wave of depolarization along an alternate pathway when the original pathway is blocked with return of the impulse along the blocked pathway when the alternate pathway is refractory and then transmission along the open pathway resulting in an abnormality

Legal Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try ˌrē-ˈen-trē 

: a retaking possession of property by a lessor or grantor in exercise of the right to do so upon the failure of the lessee or grantee to fulfill a covenant or condition see also power of termination at power sense 2b