# rejoining

/ɹiˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/ (US) · CEFR B1 · Verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/rejoining
Updated: 2026-10-18

## Definition

to join a group, team, or activity again after you left it for a time.

For teachers: to join again after a period of absence or separation, whether a group, organization, or conversation.

## Examples

- She is rejoining the football team this week.
- After a year abroad, he is rejoining his old office team on Monday.
- After months of travel, she found herself rejoining old routines with a clearer sense of what mattered.

## Pitfalls

- Not "rejoining to the team" but "rejoining the team" — Rejoin is transitive and takes a direct object without 'to', like 'join'.

## Usage notes

- Transitive; takes a direct object without a preposition ('rejoining the team', not 'rejoining to the team').

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