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- DictionaryRe·in·state/ˌrēənˈstāt/
verb
- 1. restore (someone or something) to their former position or condition: "the union is fighting to reinstate the fired journalists"
The meaning of REINSTATE is to place again (as in possession or in a former position). How to use reinstate in a sentence.
to bring back a rule, agreement, process, etc. that was previously stopped: The new director has reinstated weekly finance meetings. to put back into a document something that was previously removed: Please reinstate the paragraph about compensation.
Reinstate definition: to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state. See examples of REINSTATE used in a sentence.
When you reinstate someone, you return that person to a position or job. A principal might reinstate a laid off teacher when the school starts hiring again. Bosses can reinstate employees, countries can reinstate kings and queens, and governments can reinstate, or bring back, old laws.
reinstate something (in/as something) to return something to its previous position or status synonym restore. There have been repeated calls to reinstate the death penalty. Tennis has now been reinstated as an Olympic sport. See reinstate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
REINSTATEMENT definition: 1. the act of giving someone back their job or making something exist again: 2. the act of giving…. Learn more.
Reinstate definition: to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state. See examples of REINSTATE used in a sentence.
If you reinstate someone, you give them back a job or position which had been taken away from them.
re·in·state. (rē′ĭn-stāt′) tr.v. re·in·stat·ed, re·in·stat·ing, re·in·states. 1. To bring back into use or existence. 2. To restore to a previous condition or position. re′in·state′ment n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
reinstate something (in/as something) to return something to its previous position or status synonym restore There have been repeated calls to reinstate the death penalty. Tennis has now been reinstated as an Olympic sport. reinstatement. noun [uncountable] See reinstate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: reinstate.
