reassemble C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˌriəˈsɛmbl/ UK /ˌriːəˈsɛmbl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to put back together or gather again They had to reassemble the engine piece by piece. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to put back together or... reconstructreconveneregroupreunitegatherrecombine ↔ Opposites disassembledispersescatter Word family Derived forms reassembly Related forms assembleassembly Etymology AI details From re- ('again') + assemble, from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') + simul ('together'). assembler Old French simul Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reassemble **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˌriəˈsɛmbl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌriːəˈsɛmbl/ ## Meanings 1. to put back together or gather again ## Examples - They had to reassemble the engine piece by piece. ## Synonyms - reconstruct - reconvene - regroup - reunite - gather - recombine ## Antonyms - disassemble - disperse - scatter ## Derived Forms - reassembly ## Related Forms - assemble - assembly ## Roots and Affixes - Root: assembler - Root: simul ## Etymology From re- ('again') + assemble, from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') + simul ('together'). ## AI Etymology Reassemble comes from re- ('again') + assemble, from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') + simul ('together'). The historical chain includes Old French assembler and Latin simul. The quoted older senses, "again", "to", and "together", supply the semantic anchors for reassemble. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word reassemble carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to put back together or gather again". English derivatives include reassembly; related English forms include assemble and assembly. The result is a verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown