reunify
/'ri:'ju:nifai/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To unify again; to bring together into a single entity after a period of separation or division: This is the core meaning, most commonly applied to political entities, regions, or territories that were once united, became divided, and are then brought back together.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The primary goal of the treaty was to reunify the two provinces under a single administration.
- After decades of civil war, the leaders worked tirelessly to reunify the nation.
- The question "Will the peninsula ever reunify?" is a topic of international diplomacy.
Advanced Usage
- "to reunify with": To become unified again with a specific entity.
- The breakaway region expressed a desire to reunify with its former sovereign state.
Variants and Related Words
- Reunification (n): The process or result of reunifying.
- The reunification of Germany in 1990 was a historic event.
- Reunified (adj): Describing something that has been unified again.
- The reunified country faced significant economic challenges.
Synonyms
- Reunite: Often used interchangeably, though "reunite" can be broader (e.g., families, friends) while "reunify" is more specific to political or territorial unity.
- Integrate: To combine into a whole, but not necessarily implying a previous state of unity.
Antonyms
- Divide: To separate into parts.
- Secede: To withdraw formally from a federation or political entity.
- Split: To break or cause to break forcibly into parts.
Verb
- unify again, as of a country
- Will Korea reunify?