verb
Meaning 1
To connect again or differently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reconnect
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/
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rhymes with -ɛkt
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 K AH0 N EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To connect again or differently.
To meet up again (with someone), after a long time apart and/or without communication; to reunite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: yhdistää uudelleen — connect again or differently
- French: reconnecter — connect again or differently
- Italian: ricollegare — connect again or differently
- Italian: riconnettere — connect again or differently
- Italian: ricongiungere — connect again or differently
- Spanish: reconectar — connect again or differently
- Japanese: 再会する (saikai suru) — reunite (with someone)
- Russian: воссоединиться (vossojedinitʹsja) — reunite (with someone)