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re.

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

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

prep/ɹiː//ɹeɪ/
  1. About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.

    Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).

noun/ɹeɪ/
  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ɹiː/Received-Pronunciation/ɹiː/General-American
  1. Clipping of rematch.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · slang
    gg, no re'
  2. Clipping of reinsurance, used in the branding of reinsurance company names.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  3. Clipping of age regressor.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal
Where this word comes from

From the prefix re-.

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