reunite

[ree-yoo-nahyt]

verb (used with or without object)

reunited, reuniting 

1. to unite again, as after separation.

reunite

/ ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt /

verb

1. to bring or come together again

Other Word Forms

• reuniter noun
• reunitable adjective

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

An Israeli couple who were abducted during the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks have been reunited, two years after they were violently split up.

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Years later, his brother finds him, and tries to persuade him to come home to reunite with his ex-wife and son, who is in trouble after assaulting another young man.

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On Monday 20 living Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian detainees were reunited with their families as part of a ceasefire deal.

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But as joyful videos of hostages reuniting with their families flooded the internet, we know five things about what just happened.

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One Palestinian woman reunited with her son said her heart was finally at peace.

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Related Words

• join 
• reconcile 
• reconvene 
• rejoin 
• reunify