re

R1E1
/ɹiː//ɹeɪ/

preposition

About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.

“gg, no re'”

Very commonScrabble 2

Meanings

re1

preposition
  1. About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.

    Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254

    1 more example

    "I know it's been a long haul, but can we please not get complacent re: our annual magic gunk explosion? I can't believe I just typed those words."

    2020 July 24, HarryBlank, “SCP-5243”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2024

    Synonyms: about, apropos, as for, about, anent, apropos, apropos of, as far as

re2

nounre (uncountable)

alternative ray

  1. uncountableentertainmentA syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

re3

nounre (plural res)

plural res

  1. abbreviationclippingslangvideo gamesClipping of rematch.

    gg, no re'

  2. abbreviationclippingbusinessClipping of reinsurance, used in the branding of reinsurance company names.
  3. abbreviationclippinginformalage regressionClipping of age regressor.

Re4

proper noun
  1. Egyptianalternativehuman sciencesAlternative form of Ra.

Re5

symbolRe (pl Rs)

plural Rs

  1. rupee

Re6

proper noun
  1. Reinsurance.

    Swiss Re

Re7

proper noun

RE8

preposition
  1. alternativeAlternative form of re (“regarding”).

RE9

symbolR_E
  1. astronomyEarth radius: the radius of planet Earth, regarded as a unit of measurement.

    Synonyms: mul:R_🜨, mul:R_♁

  2. sum of partsThe radius of the Earth specifically.

    Synonyms: mul:R_🜨, mul:R_♁

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Royal Engineers, a regiment in the British Army.
  2. rail transportThe station code of Rewari Junction railway station in India.
  3. abbreviationclassicsAbbreviation of Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft.
nounRE (countable and uncountable, plural REs)

plural REs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputational complexity theorycomputingInitialism of recursively enumerable; the class of decision problems for which a “yes” answer can be verified by a Turing machine in a finite amount of time. See more at RE (complexity) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of religious education.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of rare earth.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of response element.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of real estate.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of renewable energy.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismcomputingInitialism of run-time environment.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of reverse engineering.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of reproductive endocrinologist.

    I am new to this group and have not had the courage to post many messages. I just had my second/follow-up apointment with my RE today. I have only recently been diagnosed with PCO and had the routine tests, HSG, etc.. done. Today, we talked about those results and what our next plan of action is.

    1997 April 21, Sheri Feldbusch, “Looking for a little guidance.”, in alt.support.pco (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionAbout, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.

symbolEarth radius: the radius of planet Earth, regarded as a unit of measurement.

Similar
mul:R_🜨mul:R_♁

symbolThe radius of the Earth specifically.

Similar
mul:R_🜨mul:R_♁

More synonyms by meaning

nouna rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum

Similar
rheniumatomic number 75
Broader
metallic elementmetal

nounthe syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

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Broader
solfa syllable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

re · preposition

  1. Latinrē
  2. Englishre

Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”). Also, short for regarding, reply.

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re · noun

  1. Latinresonāre“made to resound”
  2. Italianre
  3. Middle Englishre“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”
  4. Englishre

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.

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re · noun

From the prefix re-.

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Re · proper noun

  1. Copticⲣⲏ“sun”
  2. Egyptianr:a-ra“sun, Ra”
  3. EnglishRe

Meaning borrowed from Egyptian r:a-ra (rꜥ, “sun, Ra”), with the form of the word borrowed from Coptic ⲣⲏ (rē, “sun”).

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RE · symbol, proper noun, noun

Abbreviations.

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Translations

Arabic فِي مَا يَخُصّ, رِي
  • فِي مَا يَخُصّ (fī mā yaḵuṣṣ)regarding
  • رِي (rī)the second note in solfège
  • رِي (rē)the second note in solfège
Basque re
  • rethe second note in solfège
Danish angående, hvad angår
  • angåenderegarding
  • hvad angårregarding
  • rethe second note in solfège
Dutch (wat) betreft
  • (wat) betreftregarding
Finnish re
  • rethe second note in solfège
French ré
  • réthe second note in solfège
German AW
  • AWregarding
Greek περί, ρε
  • περί (perí)regarding
  • ρε (re)the second note in solfège
Hungarian re
  • rethe second note in solfège
Irish ré
  • réthe second note in solfège
Japanese は, レ
  • は (wa)regarding
  • レ (re)the second note in solfège
Korean 레
  • 레 (re)the second note in solfège
Polish co do
  • co doregarding
Portuguese ré
  • réthe second note in solfège
Russian ре
  • ре (re)the second note in solfège
Spanish con relación a, con respecto a
  • con relación aregarding
  • con respecto aregarding
  • asuntoregarding
Thai เร
  • เร (ree)the second note in solfège
Vietnamese rê
  • rêthe second note in solfège

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with re

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

re. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re

MLA

“re.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re.

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