transcription, транскрипция: [ rioʊpən ]
( reopens, reopening, reopened)
1.
If you reopen a public building such as a factory, airport, or school, or if it reopens , it opens and starts working again after it has been closed for some time.
Iran reopened its embassy in London...
The Theatre Royal, Norwich, will reopen in November.
VERB : V n , V
2.
If police or the courts reopen 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 reopen the investigation into the bombing.
VERB : V n
3.
If people or countries reopen talks or negotiations or if talks or negotiations reopen , they begin again after they have stopped for some time.
But now high level delegations will reopen talks that broke up earlier this year.
...the possibility of reopening negotiations with the government...
Middle East peace talks reopen in Washington on Wednesday.
= resume
VERB : V n , V n with n , V
4.
If people or countries reopen ties or relations, they start being friendly again after a time when they were not friendly.
He reopened ties with Moscow earlier this year...
Britain and Argentina reopened diplomatic relations.
V-RECIP : V n with n , pl-n V n
5.
If something reopens 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 reopen the debate on race and education.
VERB : V n
6.
If a country reopens a border or route, or if it reopens , it becomes possible to cross or travel along it again after it has been closed.
Jordan reopened its border with Iraq...
The important Peking Shanghai route has reopened.
VERB : V n , V