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rejoin

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɹiˈdʒɔɪn// re·join Archaic Dialect

v. to join a group, organization, or person again after being away for a while. It means becoming a member or part of something once more.

v. to return to the company of a person or group; to become a member of an organisation again after a period of absence.


SIMPLE

She decided to rejoin the team after her injury healed.

CONTEXTUAL

After spending two years working in the private sector, he chose to rejoin his former department at the university.

COMPLEX

The nation struggled for decades with economic isolation before finally meeting the stringent requirements necessary to rejoin the international trade alliance.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rejoynen, from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)). By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.

Usage

The verb is transitive and takes a direct object representing the group or entity being joined again.

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