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to reunite

to reunite

138 3.2
To bring people or things back together after being apart
  • verb
  • /ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt/
translation icon : reunir
  • The organization worked hard to reunite families that had been separated during the crisis.
  • reunite with the family
  • reunite with one's mother
  • reunite with a lover

But I think I'm ready to be reunited with my hair.

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Examples

  • Whenever possible, children are reunited with their families as treatment goals are met.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Mom and Dad were so glad to see them reunited.

  • So I hope that I get a chance to reunite with my daughter.

  • What she wanted more than anything in the world was to reunite, really reunite Sarah and her son.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • You mean everybody, OK, they want to reunite with South Korea.

  • My goal for many of them is to reunite them with their biological parents.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I believe in your quest, son, and I'll reunite you with your family.

  • So hopefully, Sana, you can make new friends or reunite with your old friends.

  • Parents rush out of the smoke to be reunited with their kids.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • And we've been waiting a good 12 years to all be reunited once more... as a family.

Synonyms

to reconnect
vsto reunite
86 3.7

Join things or people again after they were apart

focuses on physically bringing people or things back together rather than reconnecting
to rejoin
vsto reunite
70 3.5

Come back together with someone or something after being apart

brings people or things together again after they were separated
to reassemble
vsto reunite
26 3.6

To put parts or people back together after they are separated

applies more to people or groups rather than reassembling physical parts
to reconvene
vsto reunite
  • Formal
25 6.1

To meet again after a break

is broader, applying to reunions of people or things outside meetings
to reunify
vsto reunite
7 5.9

To bring people or places back together after they were separated

focuses on simple bringing together rather than creating a single unified state
to regather
vsto reunite
1 3.9

To bring people or things back together after they separate

brings people or things together again more generally after separation
to reconverge
vsto reunite
7.8

To meet again after being apart

covers bringing people or things together without implying movement toward one point

Antonyms

680 1.1

To split something into parts or groups

297 1.9

To break into parts or pieces

How United

to reunify
7 5.9
to reunite
138 3.2
to gather
1.0
to meet
1.0

Surface Forms

reunite infinitive
reunited past
reunited past participle
reuniting present participle
reunites third person singular

Morphology

reunite = unite (transparent) = re + unite

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'unite'.

Etymology

The word reunite comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the part unite, which comes from a word meaning 'one' or 'together'. So to reunite is to bring people or things 'together again'.