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English
Etymology
From re- + connect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/
- Hyphenation: re‧con‧nect
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Verb
reconnect (third-person singular simple present reconnects, present participle reconnecting, simple past and past participle reconnected)
- (transitive, intransitive) To connect again or differently.
2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 64:Thameslink reconnected north and south London by reopening tunnels between Farringdon and Blackfriars, and there was talk of a Channel Tunnel connecting Britain's rail network with that of continental Europe.
- (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
Translations
connect again or differently
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