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Definition of "reassemble" [re•as•sem•ble]

  • To bring or gather together again: reassembled the band for a reunion tour. (verb-transitive)
  • To fit or join the parts of (something) together again: reassembled the toaster after fixing it. (verb-transitive)
  • To gather together again, especially in a different place: The sightseerers reassembled at the bus station. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reassemble" in a sentence
  • "Her appointees are also viewed with that much more rigor because there's a sense, again, that they do not want a certain team to kind of reassemble as the Clinton team."
  • "And having kept up with the times, it neatly illustrates how speakers of English collectively reassemble word parts passed down to them from lingua francas of the past."
  • "Mr. Shepard, who developed a series of Bach festivals during his 10 expatriate years teaching and performing in Sydney, Australia, likens Bach to the mechanic who needs to take an engine apart and reassemble it in order to get at its very essence."