re
prepositionnounnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɹiː//
- United States//ɹiː//
- //ɹiː//
- //ɹeɪ//
About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
preposition
- 1
About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254
"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).
noun
- 1
A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
Etymology
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
- 1
Variant of rematchslangClipping of rematch.
gg, no re'
- 2
Variant of reinsuranceClipping of reinsurance, used in the branding of reinsurance company names.
- 3
Variant of age regressorinformalClipping of age regressor.
Etymology
From the prefix re-.
Forms
- plural
- res
re · About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
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