reunite
verbattested in dialogue
- //ˌɹiːjuːˈnaɪt//
- //ˌɹiːjʊˈnaɪt//
To unite again.
verb
- 1
To unite again.
After ten years apart, the band will reunite.
Two of the members tried several times, but failed to reunite the band.
Since 2001, islanders and their immediate Chinese neighbors have been able to take the 90-minute boat ride between the Chinese port of Mawei and the Matsu town of Nankan, allowing people with the same ancestry to reunite after generations of estrangement. Now any Chinese or Taiwanese can make the trip.
Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite English reunite From re- + unite.
Forms
- past tense
- reunited
- past participle
- reunited
- present participle
- reuniting
- third person singular
- reunites