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REUNION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of coming together again
Example:
monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reunion" is a kind of...):
conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reunion"):
homecoming (an annual school or university reunion for graduates)
Derivation:
reunify (unify again, as of a country)
reunite (have a reunion; unite again)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A party of former associates who have come together again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("reunion" is a kind of...):
party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)
