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to rejoin

to rejoin

70 3.5
Come back together with someone or something after being apart
  • verb
  • /riˈdʒɔɪn/
translation icon : volver a unirse a
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Look, I've got just enough time before I have to rejoin my unit to get to my sister's wedding.

  • Sir, I really think I should rejoin the party.

  • And if we can rejoin her, perhaps she can fill us in more on that.

  • You might want to go and rejoin because we will be getting this going pretty soon.

  • We're gonna rejoin the main river.

  • And I was wondering when the adults were going to rejoin the room because it was crazy.

  • I will rejoin you afterwards.

  • 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 reunite
vsto rejoin
138 3.2

To bring people or things back together after being apart

returns to a group or person and becomes part of them again
to reconnect
vsto rejoin
86 3.7

Join things or people again after they were apart

returns to a group or person instead of repairing a broken personal tie
to regather
vsto rejoin
1 3.9

To bring people or things back together after they separate

returns to the same group or place rather than assembling many scattered parts
to reconverge
vsto rejoin
7.8

To meet again after being apart

returns to a group or person rather than approaching the same place
to re-enter
vsto rejoin
3.7

To enter a place or activity again after leaving it

returns to a group or person rather than merely coming back to a location

Antonyms

481 2.9

To move apart or stop being together

161 3.5

To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power

How Integrated

to assimilate
77 6.1
to blend in
20 3.7
to rejoin
70 3.5
return
413 1.0

Surface Forms

rejoin infinitive
rejoined past
rejoined past participle
rejoining present participle
rejoins third person singular

Morphology

rejoin = join (transparent) = re + join

The meaning is a standard and easily inferable case of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'join'.

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.