reconnect

verb

re·​con·​nect (ˌ)rē-kə-ˈnekt 

reconnected; reconnecting; reconnects

transitive + intransitive

: to connect again

The project … is reconnecting a road that was buried after a massive landslide …

—Juan Reyes

The organization also hosts family workshops that allow returning servicemen and women to reconnect with their children through woodworking projects such as bird houses.

—Deborah Sullivan Brennan

Examples of reconnect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The actors last publicly reunited in February 2015 for a special episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, but according to Gosselaar, attempts to reconnect with Haskins amid his illness went unanswered. — Kat Pettibone, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2026

Manifesting that Michaella reconnects with the hot beekeeper, who was definitely trying to slide. — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

The open kitchen has a breakfast island and a dining table for ten—bring your whole friend group and reconnect with nature. — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

These rooms offer a way to step away from the noise, reconnect with yourself and let the music take you somewhere else. — Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconnect

• architect
• circumspect
• deselect
• dialect
• disconnect
• disinfect
• disrespect
• incorrect
• indirect
• intellect
• interject
• intersect