reunion
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2.1
- noun
- /riˈjunɪn/
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reunión
- Every year, my former classmates gather for a school reunion to catch up on our lives.
- family reunion
- alumni reunion
- an annual reunion
My high school reunion is in the school cafeteria.
- My high school reunion is in the school cafeteria.
- How could you have a reunion and not invite me?
- He was assassinated before that remarkable reunion could ever be held.
- And I haven't gone to any of the reunions prior to this.
- The other day, Mariah brought up the The Office reunion where the whole cast got together.
- And this is not Romeo and Michelle's high school reunion, so OK, I understand.
- That false commencement was a joyful reunion of friends and peers much like this one.
- There were these tremendously emotional reunions, but then everybody forgot about them.
- What was it like filming the Friends reunion?
- Umius, the pig herder, is the one whose stage manages the reunion with Penelope.
- So first day went really well and it was a great reunion.
- All of us have a role to play in reunion, in coming back home.
Examples
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He already invited us to his high school reunion this Saturday.
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We're gonna have the best family reunion ever.
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So I mean, it's just like family reunion right now.
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And he still goes to his class reunion every year.
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How could you have a reunion and not invite me?
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My high school reunion is in the school cafeteria.
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You know, every year we have these reunions going on.
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The day itself is mainly a kind of reunion, meeting friends one hasn't seen for long.
Academic text (1999) -
I'm a sucker for family reunions.
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Miss Amy's brother and his family, who had come for their annual reunion with Miss Amy's father.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.1
A gathering of family members to celebrate and reconnect
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1.0
A time when family members meet to celebrate or spend time together
A coming together of people after being apart
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Etymology
Reunion comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and union meaning 'joining' or 'being one'. So a reunion is people joining 'again', a meeting when people who were apart come back together.