reconnect

English

Etymology

re- +‎ connect

Verb

reconnect (third-person singular simple present reconnects, present participle reconnecting, simple past and past participle reconnected)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To connect again or differently.
   1. (intransitive) To meet up again (with someone), after a long time apart and/or without communication; to reunite.
      • 2021 June 30, Stefanie Foster, “Rail Live 2021: reconnecting, resetting, rebuilding the railway”, in RAIL, number 934, page 12, photo caption:

        Around 5,000 visitors attended Rail Live on June 16-17, to reconnect after a two-year hiatus because of COVID restrictions.

Derived terms

• reconnection
• reconnector

Translations

connect again or differently

• Finnish: yhdistää uudelleen
• French: reconnecter (fr)
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• Italian: ricollegare (it), riconnettere, ricongiungere (it)
• Spanish: reconectar

reunite (with someone)

• Japanese: 再会する (ja) (saikai suru)
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• Russian: воссоединиться (ru) pf (vossojedinitʹsja)

Anagrams

• concenter, concentre, connecter