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

Hanging from a gantry erected in the interior courtyard of the palazzo, tire fragments are threaded together and reassembled into hulking blasting mats. — Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Check out everything that went into bringing this massive machine to life, from manufacturing and testing it in Germany to reassembling it on site in the launch box. — Nicole Alarcon, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

To replace a dryer capacitor, unplug the appliance, remove the panels to access the capacitor, safely discharge it by touching the terminals with an insulated tool, unscrew the old capacitor, install a new one, and reassemble the dryer. — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2026

In every combination, the work reassembles into new workflows and new software applications in which people handle exceptions, judgment and relationships while agents handle technical complexity and volume. — Katherine Kostereva, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reassemble

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