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

Examples of reassemble in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Designed with the 21st-century work environment in mind, the collection is designed to be more sustainable—long-lasting products that can be refurbished, disassembled and reassembled, and used for occasions like a personal, focused area to large meetings. Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2024 Kremer met with Nono and improvised music which Nono reassembled into an 8-track tape recording. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024 Without definite shape or symmetry, a sponge can be ground up in a blender and slowly reassemble itself thereafter, so long as enough cells are left intact. Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024 The students—along with other preservation groups—have been working to reassemble Amache’s structures or, when that’s not possible, build recreations of its historic buildings. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024 The analysis from experts in ballistics and forensic testing relied on replacement parts to reassemble the gun fired by Baldwin, after parts of the pistol were broken during testing by the FBI. Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024 But for Democrats, the mission is similar: Now defending the White House, President Biden is trying to reassemble that sprawling anti-Trump coalition, casting the 2024 contest as another battle to save American democracy as Mr. Trump moves toward the Republican nomination. Katie Glueck, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024 Now, the Darwin Project has virtually reassembled his library and its 7,400 titles after 18 years of painstaking research. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024 The set would take four to five days to reassemble, so De Jong sent a team of construction coordinators to pull it out. Jaden Thompson, Variety, 11 Feb. 2024

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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 18 Mar. 2024.

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