reenters

Reenters is the third-person singular present tense of the verb reenter, meaning to enter again or to re-enter a place, system, or state after having left it. It is used when the subject performs the act of returning to an earlier location or condition.

Common contexts include travel (reentering a country after leaving), aerospace (a spacecraft reenters the atmosphere), and data handling (a user reenters information into a form after an error). The term can describe physical entry, regulatory or procedural reentry, or figurative returns to a situation.

Spelling and word forms: reenter is often written as reenter or re-enter; style guides vary on hyphenation. The noun form is reentry or re-entry, while the present participle is reentering and the past tense is reentered. The form reenters specifically refers to the third-person singular present tense (for example, "The vehicle reenters the atmosphere").

See also: reentry, reenter, enter.