reunite

[ ree-yoo-nahyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, re·u·nit·ed, re·u·nit·ing.

1. to unite again, as after separation.

reunite

/ ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt /

verb

1. to bring or come together again

Derived Forms

• ˌreuˈniter, noun
• ˌreuˈnitable, adjective

Other Words From

• reu·nita·ble adjective
• reu·niter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reunite¹

1585–95; < Medieval Latin reūnīt ( us ) (past participle of reūnīre ), equivalent to Latin re- re- + ūnītus joined together; unite ¹

Example Sentences

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo reunite a decade after Bridesmaids for a movie that’s as refreshing as a beach vacation.

From Vox

“It’s not often that you get to reunite somebody with their wallet after 53 years,” he said.

From Washington Post

After a stop at Campbell, Magpayo reunited with Smith as an assistant at San Francisco in 2017-18.

From Washington Post

We now move on to a 2021 season that we hope can reunite supporters and players in stadiums all across North America to enjoy and advance the game we all love.

From Washington Post

If it came about, it would reunite four of the companies spun off when the federal government broke up Standard Oil in 1911, largely because of the outrage stirred by Tarbell.

From Washington Post

When we reunite with Valerie, both Room and Bored and her reality show have been canceled.

From The Daily Beast

The strip ran from 1983 to 2008, though Bechdel told me in 2012 she was planning to reunite the women for more adventures.

From The Daily Beast

She wishes to have her parents meet her at the hospital at the same time, hoping that will reunite them.

From The Daily Beast

Tatum and Hill reunite in 22 Jump Street as Jenko and Schmidt, hapless cops who go undercover as students to bungle a drug ring.

From The Daily Beast

Audrey and Jack “shippers” can expect the couple to reunite at some point during the season.

From The Daily Beast

The mob, feeling itself hemmed in between two parallel lines of bayonets, gave sufficiently to let the military party reunite.

From Project Gutenberg

He divided our little force, presently, into three troops, naming a place at which we were to reunite some hours later.

From Project Gutenberg

Hannibal, who had managed to reunite a group of the bravest soldiers, presented a firm front to the Saguntines.

From Project Gutenberg

That hence she has an inclination to unite, and as it were to reunite herself with the man.

From Project Gutenberg

He sees them separate themselves out from the narrative as things in themselves, and then reunite to form a complete whole again.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• join
• reconcile
• reconvene
• rejoin
• reunify