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reunification

noun · 2 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.

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noun

Meaning 1

The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the act of coming together again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reunion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure

Narrower terms: homecoming

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English unification English reunification From re- + unification.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِعَادَةْ تَوْحِيد (ʔiʕādat tawḥīd) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Belarusian: уз'ядна́нне (uzʺjadnánnje) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Catalan: reunificació — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 統一 /统一 (tǒngyī) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回歸 /回归 (huíguī) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Czech: znovusjednocení — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Danish: genforening — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Danish: reunion — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Dutch: hereniging — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Esperanto: reunuiĝo — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Faroese: endursameining — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Finnish: jälleenyhdistyminen — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • French: réunification — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Georgian: ხელახლა გაერთიანება (xelaxla gaertianeba) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Georgian: კვლავ გაერთიანება (ḳvlav gaertianeba) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Georgian: ხელახლა შემოერთება (xelaxla šemoerteba) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • German: Wiedervereinigung — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Greek: επανένωση (epanénosi) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Hebrew: איחוד (ikhúd) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Hebrew: איחוד מחדש (ikhúd mekhadásh) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Hungarian: újraegyesítés — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Icelandic: endurfundir — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Irish: athaontú — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Italian: riunificazione — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Japanese: 統一 (tōitsu) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Korean: 통일 (tong'il) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Central Kurdish: یەکگِرتِنەوە (yekgirtinewe) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjenforening — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: attendeføring — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Polish: zjednoczenie — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Portuguese: reunificação — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Romanian: reunificare — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Russian: воссоедине́ние (vossojedinénije) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Russian: объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: поновно састајање — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: окупљање — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ponovno sastajanje — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: okupljanje — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Spanish: reunificación — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Swedish: återförening — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Telugu: పునరేకీకరణ (punarēkīkaraṇa) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Turkish: yeniden birleşme — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Turkish: uzlaşma — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Ukrainian: возз'є́днання (vozzʺjédnannja) — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
  • Vietnamese: thống nhất — the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
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