Meaning

6 senses
  1. To join again; to unite after separation.

    join again

  2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

  3. (intransitive)To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

  4. (US, nonstandard)To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder.

  5. (archaic)To state in reply.

  6. (archaic, intransitive)To answer to a reply.

    answer back

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom has rejoined our company.

    Том знову працює в нашій компанії.

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  2. Tom has recently rejoined the team.

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  3. Tom has rejoined the team recently.

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  4. Neither Tom nor Mary has rejoined the team.

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  5. Tom rejoined the group.

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Origin

From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from r

From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.

From Middle English rejoynen, from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)). By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder.

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Forms

rejoins, rejoining, rejoined, rejoined
Base formrejoin · to rejoin
3rd person singularrejoins
Present participlerejoining
Past simplerejoined
Past participlerejoined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrejoin
he, she, itrejoins

Past simpleLesson

all personsrejoined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rejoined
he, she, ithas rejoined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rejoin

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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