reconnect

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)

1. (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.

   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)
• Italian: ricollegare (it), riconnettere, ricongiungere (it)
• Spanish: reconectar

reunite (with someone)

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

Anagrams

• concenter, concentre, connecter