🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

फिर से खोलना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: phir se kholna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reopen/ˌriːˈoʊ.pən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"पुरानी बातों को फिर से खोलना ठीक नहीं है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To open something again, such as a building, business, or case for official investigation.

    "The museum will reopen to the public next month after extensive renovations."
  2. 2

    To cause a past emotional hurt, grievance, or conflict to become active or painful again.

    "Bringing up that old argument only served to reopen old wounds between them."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English prefix re- (meaning 'again' or 'anew') and the verb open, which traces back through Middle English openen from Old English opnian. The construction metaphorically and literally denotes making something accessible, active, or bleeding anew after a period of closure or healing.

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