reassemble

verb

re·​as·​sem·​ble (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsem-bəl 

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

The artist created these tabletop works by slicing disks of walnut into identically sized strips and reassembling the pieces to form undulating fans. —Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026

How it’s reassembled can depend on how it’s labeled and classified in the mind. —Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026

The film utilizes a range of low-fi technologies to collectively reassemble their fragmented memories. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026

The pieces of the mold are reassembled. —Teagan Wolter, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reassemble

• assemble
• dissemble
• resemble
• disassemble
• semble
• tremble