Definition

1. Verb:
   • To assemble once again, after taking something apart: To put the parts of something back together into a whole after they have been separated or disassembled.
   • To gather or come together again: To meet or convene as a group after a period of separation or dispersal.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To put together again):
  • After cleaning the engine, he carefully reassembled it.
  • The technician had to reassemble the computer after replacing the faulty part.
• Verb (To gather again):
  • The committee will reassemble next week to finalize the report.
  • The protesters were asked to disperse and not reassemble in the square.

Advanced Usage

• "To reassemble itself": Used to describe something that comes back together on its own or automatically.
  • The team disbanded but later reassembled itself to work on a new project.
  • The puzzle seemed to reassemble itself in my mind as I remembered the details.

Variants and Related Words

• Reassembly (n): The act or process of reassembling.
  • The reassembly of the antique clock required great patience.
• Assemble (v): To fit together the parts of; to gather together. (This is the base verb from which 'reassemble' is formed with the prefix 're-' meaning 'again'.)

Synonyms

• Put back together: To reconstruct.
• Reconstruct: To build or form again.
• Reconvene: To come together again, especially for a formal meeting.

Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form distinct phrasal verbs. Its meaning is contained within the single verb form.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms specifically featuring the word 'reassemble'.)

Verb

1. assemble once again, after taking something apart