reconnect en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect English reconnect From re- + connect.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To connect again or differently.
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.
2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 64:
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(ambitransitive, intransitive) To connect again or differently. ▸ To meet up again (with someone), after a long time apart and/or without communication; to reunite.
Around 5,000 visitors attended Rail Live on June 16-17, to reconnect after a two-year hiatus because of COVID restrictions.
2021 June 30, Stefanie Foster, “Rail Live 2021: reconnecting, resetting, rebuilding the railway”, in RAIL, number 934, page 12, photo caption:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reconnecting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reconnects | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| reconnected | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reconnected | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reconnectable · reconnector · unreconnected · reconnection
Translations (8)
fi yhdistää uudelleen (connect again or differently) · it ricollegare (connect again or differently) · ru воссоединиться (reunite (with someone)) · fr reconnecter (connect again or differently) · it ricongiungere (connect again or differently) · es reconectar (connect again or differently) · ja 再会する (reunite (with someone)) · it riconnettere (connect again or differently)