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reassemble

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɹiːəˈsɛmbəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R IY2 AH0 S EH1 M B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To assemble again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To put back together; to reverse the process of disassembly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

assemble once again, after taking something apart

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h2-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble English reassemble From re- + assemble.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: reconstruir — to assemble again
  • Czech: přestavět — to assemble again
  • French: rassembler — to assemble again
  • French: reconstruire — to assemble again
  • Galician: recompoñer — to assemble again
  • Galician: recompór — to assemble again
  • Italian: riaggregarsi — to assemble again
  • Italian: rimontare — to assemble again
  • Italian: ricostruire — to assemble again
  • Korean: 재조립하다 (jaejoriphada) — to assemble again
  • Latin: restauro — to assemble again
  • Manx: aahrog (as machiner) — to assemble again
  • Manx: aachruinnee — to assemble again
  • Manx: aahaggil — to assemble again
  • Portuguese: remontar — to assemble again
  • Portuguese: reconstruir — to assemble again
  • Russian: пересобира́ть (peresobirátʹ) — to assemble again
  • Russian: пересобра́ть (peresobrátʹ) — to assemble again
  • Spanish: reconstruir — to assemble again