reunite

American  

[ree-yoo-nahyt] / ˌri juˈnaɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

• reunites,
  present (3rd person singular)
• reunited,
  past participle,  past
• reuniting
  present participle

1. to unite again, as after separation.

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reunite British  

/ ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt /

verb

1. to bring or come together again

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• reuniter
  noun
• reunitable
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• reuniting
  present
• reunited
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• reunite
  simple
• reunites
  simple
• have reunited
  perfect
• has reunited
  perfect
• am reuniting
  progressive
• are reuniting
  progressive
• is reuniting
  progressive
• have been reuniting
  perfect progressive
• has been reuniting
  perfect progressive

Past

• reunited
  simple
• had reunited
  perfect
• was reuniting
  progressive
• were reuniting
  progressive
• had been reuniting
  perfect progressive

Future

• will reunite
  simple
• will have reunited
  perfect
• will be reuniting
  progressive
• will have been reuniting
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of reunite

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

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Explanation

To meet up with someone again, or to get back together, is to reunite. When your wandering cat comes home after a week-long adventure, you can happily reunite with her. If a couple breaks up and then reconciles, they reunite. And when a large family — all of the aunts, uncles, cousins, and second cousins — has a reunion, they also reunite. Both reunion and reunite come from the Latin root unus, or "one," and the "again" prefix re-, so reunite means "make as one again."

Example Sentences

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reunite reunites reunited reuniting

But they said they planned to reunite soon behind the camera, joking that it had to come soon because of their advancing ages.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

An updated post later said law enforcement was escorting students in buses to a separate location, where families could reunite with their children.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

They reunite in February for concerts honoring the centenary of Mstislav Rostropovich, one of Mr. Noseda’s predecessors as music director of the NSO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ashford left the group and the music business behind in 1969, and worked at the Michigan Bell Telephone Co., though she would occasionally reunite with former Vandellas members for reunion performances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“I believed them when they said they would reunite the German nation.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

His arrival reunites him with Palmer, an ex-Manchester City team-mate and someone he described after the win at Craven Cottage as his "best friend in football".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The production reunites the original Broadway cast — André De Shields, Patrick Page, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada and Amber Gray — six years after the show debuted and swept the Tonys in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

A woman reunites with a father she hasn’t seen in decades and faces the guilt she felt after her mother left him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

The world's biggest boy band reunites on Saturday for their first show in nearly four years, taking over central Seoul for a K-pop extravaganza beamed live around the globe.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

Gripping my obsidian pendant, I wonder if Lita will watch the fire snake through the smoky glass, when he finally reunites with his mother.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

In June 1946 Mignon reunited with her husband and children in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The former teammates at Ohio State were now wearing Houston Texans gear after they were reunited following Harrison’s trade from the Arizona Cardinals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Surkamp and his Pavlov’s Dog collaborators reunited in the early 2000s and Surkamp’s wife, Sara, joined as a vocalist and guitarist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

It was three years before they were reunited with their parents in a prisoner exchange.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Before we left Guadalcanal, it reunited me with one of my buddies from basic training.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

Suvorova’s story is not just about the childhood trauma inflicted by her mail-order-bride mother, but it’s a redemption story about reuniting with her beloved maternal Babushka and biological father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

UK garage music is experiencing a resurgence, with artists like Sammy Virji, AJ Tracey and Disclosure incorporating the sound into their work, while noughties girl group Mis-Teeq are reuniting.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Another Cali resident and animal lover, Andrea Paredes, has not given up hope on reuniting with her dog and cats.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The closeness of the race only underscores one of El-Sayed’s challenges going ahead: reuniting a fractured party after a bitter primary campaign.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

But as I went about my routine that night and the next day at school, it ate away at me, as if the routine itself was taking me farther from reuniting with her.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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