Meaning & use

reconnect

verb·Everyday

To establish a connection or relationship again after it has been broken or interrupted.

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The app automatically tries to reconnect whenever the Wi-Fi signal drops.

They reconnected at the reunion after not speaking for almost twenty years.

A note on using this word

Reconnect works for both technical links, like a network, and personal relationships that have lapsed.

Words with a similar meaning

reunitere-establish contact

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