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Synonyms

reassemble

British  
/ ˌriːəˈsɛmbəl /

verb

  1. to come or bring together again

    parliament is due to reassemble

  2. to fit or join (something) together again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Explanation

When you rebuild something, you reassemble it. You might find that taking apart your bicycle is easy, but things will get much more complicated when you try to reassemble it. After you remove the legs from your kitchen table so you can move it through a narrow door into another room, you'll have to reassemble it. You can also use this verb to mean "gather together again," like when your art class visits a museum, where the students spread out to see different exhibits and then reassemble in the lobby later in the day.

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The system was packed up and sent through the Panama Canal to get Stateside, where Shepherd and a small team will reassemble it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"The teams and suppliers building satellites now are the ones able to develop the next generation of a related technology, and once they disperse, they are very hard to reassemble."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Ms. Noonan and the rest of us struggle to reassemble a “factual floor” from The Wall Street Journal and some new media outlets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

If the justices rule the tariff were implemented illegally, White House officials have said they’ll use other authorities to reassemble the tariffs, but in the interim, the uncertainty could keep companies frozen.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

As we reassemble the three postcards, warm droplets of rain splash onto my head and drip down my neck.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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