to recouple
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5.6
- verb
- /ˌriːˈkʌpəl/
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reconectar
- The technician will recouple the wires to restore the connection.
Examples
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To fix the train, the crew needs to recouple the cars that were detached.
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You come straight back here as soon as I make the kill so we can recouple.
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Never before or since has the world been as united as the period leading up to the landing until the lander recoupled with the module.
Blog text (31) -
After the storm, the workers had to recouple the sections of the broken fence.
Synonyms
138
3.2
To bring people or things back together after being apart
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3.7
Join things or people again after they were apart
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3.5
Come back together with someone or something after being apart
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3.6
To put parts or people back together after they are separated
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3.7
Fasten something again after it comes loose
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4.1
Make a machine part connect and work again after it stops
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4.1
To connect something again after it was disconnected, for example a cable or account
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8.2
To fit broken bones or parts back together so they work
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3.6
To attach something again so it stays in place
To join two parts again so an electrical or mechanical connection works
Attach something again after it comes loose or is removed
Antonyms
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3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recouple begins with re- meaning 'again' and uses couple, which means 'to join' or a 'pair'. So, recouple means to 'join again', like when an engineer connects train cars or machine parts after they were separated.