Meaning & use

reunion

noun·Everyday

A gathering of people, especially family members or old friends, who have been apart for some time.

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The whole family traveled across the country for their annual summer reunion.

Old classmates shared stories and laughter at their twenty-year high school reunion.

A note on using this word

Reunion also names the act of coming back together after separation, as in the reunion of a divided nation.

Words with a similar meaning

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Words with an opposite meaning

separation

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