re-establish
verb[T]
(alsoreestablish)uk/ˌriː.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/us/ˌriː.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/tostarthaving arelationshipwith orcommunicatingwith anotherperson,company,country, ororganizationagain, after apreviousrelationshiporcommunicationhasended:
Welosttouchyearsago, but I have just written to them totryto re-establishcontact.
As thebordersopen, severalcountriesare re-establishingnormaldiplomaticties.
tocausesomething or someone to beacceptedor to have aparticularpositionagain, for a second, third, etc.time:
Sport has thejobof reestablishingitscredibilityafter thedopingscandal.
Hebadlywantsto re-establish himselfas aforceingolf.
- Theyworkedon re-establishingrelationswith theregimein the 1990s.
- During his threeyearsat thedepartment, he did much to reestablishharmony.
- Thepoliceforceneedsto reestablishtrustthat has beeneroded.
- Therebelgroupmust not beallowedto re-establishitsmilitarydominancein thearea.
- He wasdelightedto be given achanceto re-establish hiscredentialsafter adifficultperiod.
- Another earlygoalas the secondhalfgot under way reestablished Manchester United'ssupremacy.
- Thiscurrentcrisiswillpass, and thedollarwill re-establish itself.
- Thebaresoilisvulnerabletoerosionuntilwildvegetationre-establishes itself.
- Oncecontrolisfullyreestablished, areviewwill be called todeterminehow thedisturbancehappened.
Relationships: general words
- affiliative
- bond
- bromance
- communion
- dalliance
- date night
- establish
- interfamily
- interpersonal
- intimate
- intimately
- involved
- kinship
- platonic
- reconnect
- reconnection
- relation
- relationship
- tie
- well connected
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