re
re Lexical Profile
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• preposition
In the matter of; concerning or regarding (used chiefly in official, legal, or business correspondence and email subject lines).
"I am writing to you re the upcoming contract renewal scheduled for next month."
• noun
In solfège, the syllable used to represent the second degree (supertonic) of a diatonic musical scale, or the note D in fixed-do systems.
"The choir director asked the tenors to sustain the re before resolving down to do."
Word Nuance & Usage
Wait to use 're' as a preposition primarily in business correspondence, legal headings, or email subject lines; in formal prose, phrases like 'regarding' or 'concerning' are preferred, and 're' is NOT an abbreviation for 'regarding' (it comes directly from the Latin ablative of 'res', meaning 'in the matter of').
• Rhymes for re
Word Origin & Etymology
As a preposition, borrowed from Latin 'rē', the ablative singular of 'rēs' ('thing, matter, affair'). As a musical noun, derived from the first syllable of 'resonare' in a medieval Latin hymn used by Guido d'Arezzo to name the notes of the scale.
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