reunite
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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reunites,
present (3rd person singular)
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reunited,
past participle, past
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reuniting
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reunitesimple
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reunitessimple
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have reunitedperfect
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has reunitedperfect
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am reunitingprogressive
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are reunitingprogressive
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is reunitingprogressive
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have been reunitingperfect progressive
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has been reunitingperfect progressive
Past
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reunitedsimple
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had reunitedperfect
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was reunitingprogressive
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were reunitingprogressive
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had been reunitingperfect progressive
Future
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
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."
Vocabulary lists containing reunite
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Example Sentences
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City paid £125m – equalling the British transfer record - to reunite former Chelsea manager Maresca with Enzo Fernandez, having already paid £116m to sign England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Several deportees have already returned to their home countries after requesting voluntary repatriation to reunite with their families, the government previously said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The deal remains subject to personal terms being agreed, but negotiations are at an advanced stage, with Jackson expected to reunite with Unai Emery having played under the Villa boss at Spanish club Villarreal.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
That set Freeman and Heyward on course to reunite, this time as teammates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
He promptly left Congo—which has recently descended once again into civil war—and hopes to reunite with his family, either in the United States or in Europe.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
Thor battles Doctor Doom, reunites with Steve Rogers and assembles a crossover superteam in the new ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ trailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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
Near the end of the opera when Alfredo reunites with Violetta on her deathbed, Verdi once again brings the couple together in a waltz-duet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Baby left in shopping cart in 1972 reunites with women who found her.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 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
Marion was finally reunited with her son in 2004.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Authorities indicted Wang and the others two weeks after Jin was reunited with his family in the United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Singer Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg and bassist Zac Cockrell reunited in late 2024 after a six-year split.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Led by Brittany Howard, the reunited soul-rock band tackles love, nature and a fraying American optimism on ‘I Must Be Dreaming,’ its first album in more than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
I felt like Prince Stellar of the Star Drivers, reunited with his alien dad after years and years.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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
The Chargers have moved training camp to USD for Tuesday and Wednesday this week, reuniting Harbaugh with a place legendary Raiders owner Al Davis advised him not to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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 just as he found hope in reuniting with them, he also learned that they had mysteriously disappeared mid-flight en route to Okinawa.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The woman seemed thrilled to be reuniting the cat with the owner.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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