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re
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prep
1
Concerning or with reference to something, commonly used to introduce the subject of a letter, email, or document.
"Re: your email of Monday, the shipment has now been dispatched."
noun
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In music, the second note of the major musical scale in solfège (do, re, mi...).
"The choir practiced the "re" note until it was perfectly in tune."
How to Use Re
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA short word meaning "about" or "regarding," and also a musical note name.
Common pairings
re: your message
do re mi
Word Forms
Rs plural
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Etymology
From Latin re, the ablative form of res ("thing, matter"), used in Latin legal phrases such as in re ("in the matter of").