name
Meaning 1
Alternative form of Réunion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reunion
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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/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/
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noun
Meaning 2
The process or act of reuniting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The reunion took forever, but it was worth it.
- It was a tearful and heartfelt reunion as the trapped miners finally saw their dear loved ones again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reunition
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Are you going to the high-school reunion this year?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To form a reunion or an act of reuniting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, transitive, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
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: reunification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
Narrower terms: homecoming
noun
Meaning 6
a party of former associates who have come together 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: party
History
Etymology
From Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- + union. Doublet of Réunion.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لَم شَمْل (lam šaml) — the process or act
- Armenian: վերամիավորում (veramiavorum) — the process or act
- Bulgarian: среща (srešta) — the process or act
- Bulgarian: събиране (sǎbirane) — the process or act
- Chinese Mandarin: 再次會面 /再次会面 (zàicì huìmiàn) — the process or act
- Chinese Mandarin: 再次見面 /再次见面 (zàicì jiànmiàn) — the process or act
- Chinese Mandarin: 團圓 /团圆 (tuányuán) — the process or act
- Chinese Mandarin: 重新統一 /重新统一 (chóngxīn tǒngyī) — the process or act
- Chinese Mandarin: 團聚 /团聚 (tuánjù) — the process or act
- Danish: genforening — the process or act
- Dutch: reünie — the process or act
- Finnish: uudelleen yhdistyminen — the process or act
- Finnish: jälleennäkeminen — the process or act
- French: réunion — the process or act
- French: réunification — the process or act
- French: rassemblement — the process or act
- Galician: reunión — the process or act
- Georgian: გაერთიანება (gaertianeba) — the process or act
- German: Wiedervereinigung — the process or act
- German: Treffen — the process or act
- German: Zusammenkunft — the process or act
- Japanese: 再会 (saikai) — the process or act
- Japanese: 再結成 (sai-kessei) — the process or act
- Japanese: 再結集 (sai-kesshū) — the process or act
- Macedonian: соби́рање (sobíranje) — the process or act
- Macedonian: сре́дба (srédba) — the process or act
- Portuguese: reunificação — the process or act
- Russian: воссоедине́ние (vossojedinénije) — the process or act
- Russian: встре́ча (vstréča) — the process or act
- Spanish: reunión — the process or act
- Swedish: återförening — the process or act
- Arabic: لَم شَمْل (lam šaml) — planned event
- Chickasaw: ittafama — planned event
- Chinese: 圍爐 /围炉 (zh-min-nan) — planned event
- Chinese Mandarin: 一個有計劃的會面 /一个有计划的会面 (yīgè yǒu jìhuà de huìmiàn) — planned event
- Chinese Mandarin: 大會 /大会 (dàhuì) — planned event
- Chinese Mandarin: 年夜饭 (niányèfàn) — planned event
- Czech: sraz — planned event
- Czech: slezina — planned event
- Danish: genforening — planned event
- Finnish: jälleennäkeminen — planned event
- French: réunion — planned event
- French: rassemblement — planned event
- German: Treffen — planned event
- Japanese: 大会 (taikai) — planned event
- Macedonian: со́бир (sóbir) — planned event
- Manx: aachruinnaght — planned event
- Māori: hui whakahono — planned event
- Māori: hui whakawhanaunga — planned event
- Polish: zjazd — planned event
- Polish: zlot — planned event
- Portuguese: reunião — planned event
- Russian: съезд (sʺjezd) — planned event
- Russian: слёт (sljot) — planned event
- Russian: встре́ча (vstréča) — planned event
- Spanish: reunión — planned event
- Swedish: återförening — planned event
- Ottoman Turkish: درنك (dernek) — planned event
- Ottoman Turkish: جمعیت (cemʼiyet) — planned event
- Ottoman Turkish: انجمن (encümen) — planned event
- Ottoman Turkish: مجلس (meclis) — planned event
- Ottoman Turkish: اجتماع (ictimâʼ) — planned event
- Ottoman Turkish: محفل (mahfil) — planned event
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