- to come again into company with (someone or something)
- (transitive) to put or join together again; reunite
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•join1 /riˈdʒɔɪn/USA pronunciation
v.
re•join2 /rɪˈdʒɔɪn/USA pronunciation v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to come again into the company of:[~ + object]to rejoin a party after a brief absence.
- to reunite: [no object]The two brigades rejoined at the crossroads.[~ + object]The general rejoined his forces.
re•join2 /rɪˈdʒɔɪn/USA pronunciation v.
- to say in answer;
reply;
respond:[~ + that clause]rejoined that the problem wasn't his fault.
re•join1
(rē join′),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
re•join2 (ri join′),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
- to come again into the company of:to rejoin a party after a brief absence.
- to join together again;
reunite.
v.i.
- to become joined together again.
- re- + join 1535–45
re•join2 (ri join′),USA pronunciation v.t.
- to say in answer;
reply, esp. to counterreply.
v.i.
- to answer;
reply, esp. to counterreply. - Lawto answer a plaintiff 's replication.
- Anglo-French rejoyner, variant of Middle French rejoindre, equivalent. to re- re- + joindre to join
- late Middle English rejoinen 1425–75
- 2. respond, retort.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rejoin /riːˈdʒɔɪn/ vb
rejoin /rɪˈdʒɔɪn/ vb (transitive)
- to say (something) in reply; answer, reply, or retort
- to answer (a claimant's reply)
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