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to reunify

to reunify

7 5.9
To bring people or places back together after they were separated
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈjuːnɪfaɪ/
: reunificar
  • Scott tells the story of living in newly reunified Germany and crossing against the light on his daily walk.
  • reunify families
  • reunify China
  • reunify the island

The Congress of Taiwan is in favor of reunifying with China.

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Examples

  • Of the four countries divided by World War II and the Cold War, Vietnam was the first to reunify.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The AKP strongly supported a UN plan to reunify the island; the military adamantly opposed it.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The stated goal was to reunify China.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The purpose of these ways of knowing is to reunify the world, or at least to reconcile the world to itself.

    Academic text (2004)
  • During the 1990s, invention management at universities gained political attention in reunified Germany.

    Academic text (2018)
  • How is medicine faring in reunified Germany?

    Academic text (1996)
  • About two-thirds are discharged to less restrictive environments, with approximately 40% being reunified with family.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Measures must be put into place to assemble, disarm, and prepare for their transition to the reunified force or back into civilian life.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Deng Xiaoping in January 1980 was confident that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could be reunified within the decade.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The leaders of the two regions met to discuss how they could reunify after years of conflict.

Synonyms

to unite
vsto reunify
∞ 2.1

To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose

stresses making a single whole again after a previous split instead of first gathering
to reunite
vsto reunify
138 3.2

To bring people or things back together after being apart

focuses on becoming a single whole again rather than the bringing action
to unify
vsto reunify
65 3.7

To bring people or things together into one group

focuses on restoring a single whole after division rather than creating a new group
to reintegrate
vsto reunify
14 6.2

To bring a person back into a group or society after being away

focuses on making divided parts one again rather than social return and adjustment
3 3.4

To make a group feel part of the same community

is about restoring formal togetherness after division rather than creating emotional belonging
to reconsolidate
vsto reunify
1 7.4

To bring separate parts back together into one group

applies to making divided parts a single whole again not only physical things

Antonyms

680 1.1

To split something into parts or groups

How Complete

to reunify
7 5.9

Surface Forms

reunify infinitive
reunified past
reunified past participle
reunifying present participle
reunifies third person singular

Morphology

reunify = unify (transparent) = re + uni + fy

Adding 're-' to 'unify' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'unify again'.

Etymology

Reunify comes from re- 'again' and uni- 'one', the same root you see in unit and union. So reunify means to bring people or things back together and make them 'one' again.