reconnect

verb

re·​con·​nect (ˌ)rē-kə-ˈnekt How to pronounce reconnect (audio)
reconnected; reconnecting; reconnects
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transitive + intransitive

: to connect again
The project … is reconnecting a road that was buried after a massive landslide …—Juan Reyes
The organization also hosts family workshops that allow returning servicemen and women to reconnect with their children through woodworking projects such as bird houses.—Deborah Sullivan Brennan

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Two former friends-turned-lovers, Des and Dre , reconnect at a funeral, and their yearslong love story unspools into the next hour and forty minutes. — Emmalee Reed, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Should a major storm threaten, Optimal Transit says Kraaken could detach from its mooring within hours, move away under its own propulsion, and return to reconnect once conditions improve. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 In July, NasTex held its 2026 textile exhibition in Damascus, bringing together hundreds of companies from dozens of countries to reconnect Syrian producers with foreign markets. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026 Chefs say the effort reconnects them with their purpose of care and hospitality. — Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconnect

Word History

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reconnect was in 1700

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