Dictionary

readmission en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹiːædˈmɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English admission English readmission From re- + admission.

Meanings

1. A second or subsequent admission.
   • On the Freshwater line, the most outstanding improvement was the readmission of all trains to the main station at Newport, and the introduction of a through service in each direction between Ventnor and Freshwater, via Sandown and Newport, calling only at the principal stations. 1947 May and June, K. Westcott Jones, “The Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 146:
   • No, no. They (Germany) went in to cleanse themselves of genocide and apply for readmission to the human race. 1981 March 23, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Devil You Know”, in Yes Minister, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
   • Multiple escapes and readmissions to this facility. 1990, Martin H. Greenberg, The Further Adventures of The Joker:

Forms

Relateds

readmit

Translations (10)

el επανεισαγωγή (a second or subsequent admission) · gd ath-leigeil a-steach (a second or subsequent admission) · hy հետընդունում (a second or subsequent admission) · de Wiederaufnahme (a second or subsequent admission) · it riammissione (a second or subsequent admission) · el επανεισδοχή (a second or subsequent admission) · ru реадми́ссия (a second or subsequent admission) · hy ռեադմիսիա (a second or subsequent admission) · ca readmissió (a second or subsequent admission) · es readmisión (a second or subsequent admission)