readvertise

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verb

To advertise again.

OriginEnglish advertise ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreadvertise (third-person singular simple present readvertises, present participle readvertising, simple past and past participle readvertised)

present singular third person readvertises · participle present readvertising · participle past readvertised · past readvertised

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo advertise again.

    After failing to sell 37069/402/423 recently, Direct Rail Services has readvertised the three locomotives (along with 37218 and 37401 Mary Queen of Scots) for sale again.

    2023 November 1, “Network News: Direct Rail Services makes new attempt to offload five Class 37s”, in RAIL, number 995, page 22
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    Faced with defeat in the Commons, the Government cancelled and re-advertised the contract, the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's offer being now accepted for the sea part of the route.

    1960 May 28, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishadvertise
  7. Englishreadvertise

From re- + advertise.

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APA

readvertise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readvertise

MLA

“readvertise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readvertise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “readvertise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readvertise.

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