reassemble

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˌriəˈsɛmbl/ UK /ˌriːəˈsɛmbl/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to put back together or gather again

They had to reassemble the engine piece by piece.

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1 verb · to put back together or... reconstructreconveneregroupreunite gather recombine

Opposites

disassemble disperse scatter

Word family

Derived forms reassembly

Related forms assemble assembly

Etymology

From re- ('again') + assemble, from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') + simul ('together').

assembler Old French simul Latin

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Space, Position & Direction

# 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

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