to rejoin
- verb
- /riˈdʒɔɪn/
- After finishing her coffee, she decided to rejoin her friends at the table.
- rejoin the family
- rejoin the real world
- rejoin a sport
But I had to descend, rejoin my car, my Fiesta.
- But I had to descend, rejoin my car, my Fiesta.
- So she goes off and rejoins us and she's telling us about that.
- And then the oldest son rejoins them later.
- And I was wondering when the adults were going to rejoin the room because it was crazy.
- And at some point in their life, they decide that they want to rejoin their crewmates.
- And I invite somebody with Steve's insight and his abilities to rejoin us in that fight.
- And not only that, OK, the path that Earth takes around the sun does not rejoin itself in the same spot.
- I'm going to go ahead and just sit on my computer for a hot SEC and I'll rejoin you in a bit for some greens and some coffee.
- And whenever we do that, they're just bombarding us with, you know, manipulative talk about how we need to rejoin the group and be in the group.
- I got on a plane to New York and the plan was like, I'm going to he's like get myself back together so that I'm tough enough to like rejoin the team fully.
Examples
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Look, I've got just enough time before I have to rejoin my unit to get to my sister's wedding.
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Sir, I really think I should rejoin the party.
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And if we can rejoin her, perhaps she can fill us in more on that.
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You might want to go and rejoin because we will be getting this going pretty soon.
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We're gonna rejoin the main river.
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And I was wondering when the adults were going to rejoin the room because it was crazy.
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I will rejoin you afterwards.
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The other band members begged him to rejoin them, and they set out on their own.
Academic text (2004) -
All of this was done, and Congress permitted Georgia to rejoin the Union for good in July 1870.
Academic text (2011) -
In a moment, they rounded the bend and rejoined the three who were waiting expectantly.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
To bring people or things back together after being apart
Join things or people again after they were apart
To bring people or things back together after they separate
To meet again after being apart
To enter a place or activity again after leaving it
Antonyms
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Integrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rejoin comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and join meaning 'to put together'. So, to rejoin someone or something is to join them again after being apart.