to reconnect
- verb
- /ˌriːkəˈnɛkt/
- It's important to reconnect with family members after spending so much time away.
- help reconnect
- a way to reconnect
- reconnect with the self
And I want to realign and reconnect with that, if that makes sense.
- And I want to realign and reconnect with that, if that makes sense.
- And she and I reconnected after my book and we still text.
- So that's how did you reconnect with your kids?
- So it's really hard because you have to reconnect with that emotional, you know, state.
- Just needed a little time to like reconnect with myself, I guess you could say.
- And, and I just, I just need to reconnect with that side of myself.
Examples
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It's been great to reconnect with them anyway.
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I see two important elements to the process of reconnecting our lives: God and community.
Academic text (2001) -
Your mom said you and I need to reconnect a little bit better.
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We want to reconnect, Jake.
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Yeah, you have to reconnect with your own emotions.
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It's very important for humanity to reconnect to our ancestors.
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My ex and I met four years ago as friends and reconnected last winter.
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But this is the hour of healing, of reconnecting with the natural, positive forces all around you.
Fiction book (1992) -
Last year, work began on a new park designed to reconnect Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania residents with the Allegheny River.
Academic text (1999) -
Only Jesus remained an exuberant witness to her life: she reconnected with her church, and it provided community.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
Contact someone after not talking for a while
To bring people or things back together after being apart
Come back together with someone or something after being apart
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
Make a feeling or interest strong again
Fasten something again after it comes loose
Begin being involved again after a break
To connect something again after it was disconnected, for example a cable or account
Connect parts again after they have been separated
To meet again after being apart
To join two parts again so an electrical or mechanical connection works
To become friends again after time apart
Antonyms
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reconnect comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and connect meaning 'to join' or 'bring together'. So to reconnect is to 'join again', like plugging a cable back in or getting back in touch with a friend.