re

Pluralres (some meanings)

1. 1
   aboutpreposition

   Used to introduce the subject of a letter, email, or document; about or regarding.

   Re: your invoice, the payment has now been processed.

   The lawyer filed a brief re the disputed contract.

   UsageOften followed by a colon, re: your invoice; it suits brisk business writing rather than conversation.

   Similarabout, regarding, concerning, on, respecting

   Note

   A Latin word still at work in paperwork: rē is the ablative of rēs, "thing, matter," so re means roughly "in the matter of," as in the case name Re A (conjoined twins), decided in 2000. Email programs mark a reply's subject with Re:, commonly taken as short for reply, but the email standard explains it as Latin in re, this same sense. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 4 facts

   • Latin rē is the ablative of rēs, meaning 'thing, matter'. en.wiktionary.org
   • Re means roughly 'in the matter of'. en.wiktionary.org
   • The case Re A (conjoined twins) was decided in 2000. en.wikipedia.org
   • The email standard explains Re: as an abbreviation of Latin in re, meaning 'in the matter of'. rfc-editor.org
2. 2
   RAY/ɹeɪ/

   music notenoununcountable

   In solfège, the syllable representing the second note of a major scale, following 'do'.

   The singer slid smoothly from do up to re.

   In the warm-up, each student matched their voice to re.

   Similarray

   Note

   Its name comes from a hymn. Guido of Arezzo took note names from Ut queant laxis, a hymn to John the Baptist traditionally credited to Paul the Deacon, whose lines start on rising notes, and re is the first syllable of Latin resonāre, "to resound," in its lyrics. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 5 facts

   • Guido of Arezzo derived solmization note names from Ut queant laxis. en.wikipedia.org
   • Ut queant laxis is a hymn to John the Baptist. en.wikisource.org
   • The hymn's text is traditionally attributed to Paul the Deacon. en.wikisource.org
   • The successive opening phrases supplying the syllables begin on ascending scale notes. en.wikisource.org
   • Re comes from the first syllable of resonāre, meaning to resound, in the hymn's lyrics. en.wiktionary.org
3. 3
   play againnounslangabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of rematch: a second game against the same opponent, used mainly in online gaming chat.

   The two players agreed to a re after the disconnect.

   She demanded a re, sure that lag had cost her the win.

   UsageUsed in gg, no re ('good game, no rematch') to decline another match, sometimes dismissively.

   Note

   Gamer chat shorthand that comes at the end of a match, most often in the formula gg, no re, a quick way of saying the players are done. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

   • The formula gg, no re means good game, no rematch and signals that the speaker does not want another game. en.wiktionary.org

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