What does reunite mean?
Word: Reunite
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Reunite means to bring people back together, or to come back together, after a long time away from each other.
How do you spell reunite?
Syllables: re - u - nite
Tricky part: The you sound in the middle is spelt with a u alone. Pupils who hear you often slip in a y as well.
Watch out for: reyunite, reyounite
Memory tip: Imagine a y knocking at the middle of the word and the u calling back: no room here, I can say you all by myself.
Reunite in a sentence
Example 1: The summer camp will reunite the cousins after a whole year.
Example 2: Old classmates reunite at the school gate every January to share news and stories.
Example 3: The film ends happily when the lost puppy is reunited with its family.
Fun Fact
Deep inside this word sits the Latin unus, meaning one, so people who reunite are, in a way, becoming one group again.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
unite
a) ri
b) ra
c) ru
d) re
Show answer
d) re. This short beginning means again, as it does in rewrite and rebuild.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
reunitte
a) n
b) i
c) t
d) u
Show answer
c) t. Only one t comes before the final e, just as in invite.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) replasement
b) reunite
c) rearange
d) reapear
Show answer
b) reunite. Rearrange keeps both r's, reappear keeps both p's, and replacement has a c before its ending.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
reunite
a) separate
b) rejoin
c) gather
d) meet
Show answer
a) separate. To separate people is to move them apart, the opposite of bringing them together.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Ravi's cousins live in Canada. He will reunite with them when ____.
a) he looks through their photos
b) he reads a book about Canada
c) they visit India next summer
d) he sends them a birthday card
Show answer
c) they visit India next summer
2. Which of these events is planned so that people can reunite?
a) a morning bus ride
b) a first swimming lesson
c) an old pupils' day
d) a weekly maths test
Show answer
c) an old pupils' day
