rejoin
pronunciation
How to pronounce rejoin in British English:
UK [ˌriːˈdʒɔɪn]
How to pronounce rejoin in American English:
US [ˌriːˈdʒɔɪn]
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- Verb:
- join again
- answer back
Word Origin
- rejoin (v.1)
- also re-join, 1520s, "unite again, unite after separation" (transitive), from re- "again" + join (v.). Meaning "join the company of again" is from 1610s. Related: Rejoined; rejoining.
- rejoin (v.2)
- "to answer," mid-15c., legal term, from Middle French rejoin-, stem of rejoindre "to answer to a legal charge," from Old French re- "back" (see re-) + joindre "to join" (see join). General (non-legal) meaning first recorded 1630s.
Example
- 1. Eurofighter may now lower its price to rejoin the bidding for india 's contract .
- 2. They argue that the best solution would be for greece to leave the eurozone and rejoin later .
- 3. North korea said it was prepared to rejoin the six-party talks aimed at ending its nuclear programme .
- 4. One way or another , though , it does mean he 'll have to rejoin the facebook horde .
- 5. But if the disheartened are only now ceasing their search for work , that suggests a drawn out period in which they rejoin the labour force , lifting the unemployment rate .