reunion

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/ See IPA manual

Freq #5874

Meanings

1

noun
A social gathering where members of a group who have been apart meet again.

Are you going to the high-school reunion this year?
2

noun
The act of coming together again after being separated.

Their reunion at the airport was very emotional.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · the act of coming together... reunification

More reunitereunition

Word family

Forms reunions

Derived forms reunionismreunionist

Related forms homecoming reunite union

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Phrases (1)

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family reunion
a gathering of relatives who have been apart

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- + union. Doublet of Réunion.

reunion Middle French

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General Vocabulary

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# reunion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/
**Frequency rank:** 5874

## Meanings
1. A social gathering where members of a group who have been apart meet again.
2. The act of coming together again after being separated.

## Examples
- Are you going to the high-school reunion this year?
- Their reunion at the airport was very emotional.

## Synonyms
- reunite
- reunition

## Derived Forms
- reunionism
- reunionist

## Related Forms
- homecoming
- reunite
- union

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reunion

## Etymology
From Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- + union. Doublet of Réunion.

## AI Etymology
Reunion comes from Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- + union. Doublet of Réunion. Modern senses include a social gathering where members of a group who have been apart meet again. and the act of coming together again after being separated.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as reunionism and reunionist and related forms such as homecoming, reunite, and union.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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