rejoin

verb

re·​join ri-ˈjȯin How to pronounce rejoin (audio)
 transitive sense 1 is  (ˌ)rē-ˈjȯin
rejoined; rejoining; rejoins

intransitive verb

: to answer the replication of the plaintiff

transitive verb

1
: to join again
2
: to say often sharply or critically in response especially as a reply to a reply

Examples of rejoin in a Sentence

I'll be rejoining my family for the last part of our vacation. Now that the kids are in school, I'm ready to rejoin the workforce. The original drummer left the band in 2000 but rejoined two years later. This trail eventually rejoins the main trail. The river divides here, but the two streams rejoin downstream.
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Meloni also exited the show after 12 seasons, but rejoined the franchise in 2021 for its spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime. Liza Esquibias, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Screenwriter Jack Thorne will also rejoin for the third installment and take cues from The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer. Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 McCullough, a 37-year veteran, rejoined the department following his retirement in 2021 as a colonel and operations bureau chief. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025 Tkachuk has not played for the Panthers since then but did begin skating again on March 31 and has spent about two-and-a-half weeks doing individual drills to get his conditioning back before rejoining team practice sessions on Saturday. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rejoin

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French rejoindre, from re- + joindre to join — more at join entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of rejoin was in the 15th century

Cite this Entry

“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rejoin. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

rejoin

verb
re·​join
1
(ˈ)rē-ˈjȯin
: to join again : return to
rejoined my family after a week in camp
2
ri-
: to say in reply

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