re-entry
noun
re-entry is a noun meaning “The act of entering again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-E-N-T-R-Y. The plural of re-entry is re-entries.
What does re-entry mean?
noun
- 1
The act of entering again.
a re-entry into public life
- 2
The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
- 3
The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- 4
The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
- 5
Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
- 6
The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
- 7
The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
- 8
A re-entry card.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of re-entry
- re-entries plural
- reentry
- reëntry
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with re-entry
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: reentry (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Re-entry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | reingreso, reentrada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does re-entry come from?
From re- + entry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).