family reunion
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- noun
- /ˈfæmɪli rɪˈjunɪən/
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reunión familiar
- During the family reunion, we shared stories and caught up with each other's lives.
Birthdays, graduations, end of year celebrations, family reunions, weddings, anything joyous.
- Birthdays, graduations, end of year celebrations, family reunions, weddings, anything joyous.
- And so my, we all, we had a big gigantic family reunion at this place a year and a half ago.
- You'll be trying to sing the hey, hey, what's the fucking family reunion?
- She came like halfway through the trip in Canada with your family, your family reunion.
- What are we saying here is that, I mean, that was my point is if you're going to a family reunion, like, what are, was it a mistake?
- As a kid, I dreamt a lot about a family reunion in Russia, and every time the plane would crash in Siberia.
- Everyone's perfect vacation and perfect kids and beautiful home and fabulous dinner and big concert they went to and their happy family reunion.
Examples
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I'm a sucker for family reunions.
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Don’t you just love a family reunion?
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We're gonna have the best family reunion ever.
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- If I brought you to the family reunion, what would you say?
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I believe your family reunion is starting.
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I was at the family reunion.
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We started having family reunions just so she could see everybody all at once.
Fiction book (2001) -
- My birth mother is hosting a family reunion so I can meet my biological family.
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Listen, my mom's planning a really big family reunion.
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The number of people who attend worship services, weddings, family reunions, or funerals is often reported.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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2.1
A gathering of family or friends who come together after being apart
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1.0
A time when family members meet to celebrate or spend time together
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'family' (relatives) + 'reunion' (a gathering to reunite) yields a gathering of family members. This construction follows a common, cross-linguistic noun + noun compound pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Family reunion, with family and reunion meaning relatives meeting again, paints a simple picture: relatives who live far apart coming back together in one place to eat, talk and remember old times. So family reunion now means 'a gathering of family to celebrate or reconnect'.