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

However, other tracking methods may still recognize your device, and signing back into an account reconnects your activity to that account. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Like his protagonist, Bill, the first-time filmmaker — also a famed author, journalist and podcaster in his native Sweden — chaperoned a school trip to the Stockholm Archipelago in a bid to reconnect with his daughter. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Acknowledge what happened, own the mistake and take time to reconnect with your child. — Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026

The Gordon Parks Foundation notes its efforts to reconnect with and reclaim the voices whose legacies played an important role in Parks’ career, well beyond his fame. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 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