verb
Meaning 1
To join again; to unite after separation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disjoin, unjoin
Standard Lemma guide
rejoin
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Pronunciation
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/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
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/ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
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rhymes with -ɔɪn
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 JH OY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 3
To state in reply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 4
To answer to a reply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: law
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verb
Meaning 6
To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, nonstandard
Topics: intellectual-property, law, patent-law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
answer back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: answer, reply, respond
verb
Meaning 8
join again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: join, fall in, get together
History
Etymology
From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.
From Middle English rejoynen, from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)). By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.
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