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to reunify

to reunify

7 5.9
To bring people or places back together after they were separated
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈjuːnɪfaɪ/
translation icon : 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.