verb

reconnect

ree-kuh-NEHKT

verb

To connect something again, or to connect it in a new way.

"Please reconnect the printer to the network."

To meet up or start communicating with someone again after a period of separation.

"They reconnected at their high school reunion after twenty years apart."

How to Use Reconnect

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo connect again, whether that's wires and networks or people who lost touch.

Common pairings

reconnect with an old friend reconnect the cable reconnect to the internet

reconnected past tense, reconnects singular

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Please _____ the printer to the network.

From "re-" ("again") plus "connect."

connect disconnect