reassemble

verb

re·​as·​sem·​ble (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsem-bəl How to pronounce reassemble (audio)
reassembled; reassembling; reassembles
1
transitive : to assemble (something) again : to bring or put together the parts of (something) again
reassemble a committee
Internet traffic is broken up into small chunks of data called "packets" that travel through the wires separately and then are reassembled by the computer or mobile device that's receiving them.David Choffnes
2
intransitive : to come together again : to assemble again
San Francisco has a bye this week during which most of the healthy players will leave town until the team reassembles next Monday.Matt Barrows

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The pic follows a bank robber (Eastwood) and his irreverent sidekick (Bridges) who reassemble their old posse for a daring new heist. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025 Rather than scrap the rides, park officials can opt to dismantle, pack up, ship and reassemble them elsewhere. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025 Boeing, the plane’s manufacturer, collaborated with the Reagan Library to transport and reassemble the aircraft. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025 With millions of mutations occurring across countless generations, the odds of nature reassembling the same blueprint are effectively zero. Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reassemble

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of reassemble was in the 15th century

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“Reassemble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassemble. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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