re

Everyday

1. Re means «about» or «on the subject of», used at the top of letters and emails. tree →
2. The prefix re- means «again» or «back», as in redo, rewrite, return. tree →
3. Re is the second note of the musical scale do, re, mi. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday writing «Re:» starts an email subject («Re: school trip» means a reply about the trip). In word study re- helps you guess meanings: reread = read again, replay = play again. In music lessons it is a sung note. It is often a fragment of a longer word.

Examples

• The email subject said «Re: football practice». tree →
• Re your question, the trip is on Friday. tree →
• Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. tree →
• Rewrite means write again. tree →
• If you reheat soup, you heat it again. tree →
• Please reread the instructions carefully. tree →
• Replay the video to see the goal again. tree →

Note

As a word on its own it is rare; mostly it is the prefix re-. «Re:» in an email reply comes from Latin, not from «reply», though people often think so. Pronounced REE (about) or RAY (music note). Some re- words do not mean «again» any more (report, record, reason).

In Jewish tradition

In everyday writing «Re:» starts an email subject («Re: school trip» means a reply about the trip). In word study re- helps you guess meanings: reread = read again, replay = play again. In music lessons it is a sung note. It is often a fragment of a longer word.

Examples

• iiifle, figuring the double letters re: -;.r and the "i or the )' as lourteen letters. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• As such a view is entirely re- pugnant to the modern critical raind, some writers regard this closing Mishnah as a later interpolation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

As a word on its own it is rare; mostly it is the prefix re-. «Re:» in an email reply comes from Latin, not from «reply», though people often think so. Pronounced REE (about) or RAY (music note). Some re- words do not mean «again» any more (report, record, reason).