From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishre-entryre-en‧try /riˈentri/ noun (plural re-entries) [countable, uncountable] 1 ENTERwhen someone starts being involved in something again or enters a place againre-entry into America’s successful re-entry into the Japanese auto market2 when a spacecraft enters the Earth’s atmosphere again The satellite burned up on re-entry. —re-enter verb [intransitive, transitive]
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re-entry• If there was a re-entry in the present case, it was not effected by the changing of the lock.• Beneath them the underside of the command module comprised a specially designed shield that protected them from the heat of re-entry.• Even the government's re-entry into the gilts market as public borrowing has risen is seen as a sign of hope.• The shuttle made a successful re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. 