reunion, reunification
(noun) the act of coming together again; “monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990”
reunion
(noun) a party of former associates who have come together again
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reunion (countable and uncountable, plural reunions)
The process or act of reuniting.
A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.
• reunition
• reunite
• nounier
Source: Wiktionary
Re*un"ion, n. Etym: [Pref. re- + union: cf. F. réunion.]
1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.
2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
