(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ a public building such as a factory, airport, or school, or if it ~s, it opens and starts working again after it has been closed for some time.
Iran ~ed its embassy in London...
The Theatre Royal, Norwich, will ~ in November.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If police or the courts ~ a legal case, they investigate it again because it has never been solved or because there was something wrong in the way it was investigated before.
There was a call today to ~ the investigation into the bombing.
VERB: V n
3.
If people or countries ~ talks or negotiations or if talks or negotiations ~, they begin again after they have stopped for some time.
But now high level delegations will ~ talks that broke up earlier this year.
...the possibility of ~ing negotiations with the government...
Middle East peace talks ~ in Washington on Wednesday.
= resume
VERB: V n, V n with n, V
4.
If people or countries ~ ties or relations, they start being friendly again after a time when they were not friendly.
He ~ed ties with Moscow earlier this year...
Britain and Argentina ~ed diplomatic relations.
V-RECIP: V n with n, pl-n V n
5.
If something ~s a question or debate, it makes the question or debate relevant again and causes people to start discussing it again.
His results are likely to ~ the debate on race and education.
VERB: V n
6.
If a country ~s a border or route, or if it ~s, it becomes possible to cross or travel along it again after it has been closed.
Jordan ~ed its border with Iraq...
The important Peking Shanghai route has ~ed.
VERB: V n, V