reunion English · revision 15100

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌriːˈjuː.njən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[re-]] and [[union]], or taken from [[fr|réunion]] (1540s),^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|fr|réunir|t=to reunite]].^(Hoad 1986) The NODE also allows Anglo-Latin [[la-med|reūniō]].^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of coming together again: 1576 in Merriam-Webster, about 1600 in Etymonline, 1610 in the OED.^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ People meeting again after a separation is from 1703,^(OED 1989) and a social gathering of people with a past connection from 1820.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In this sense it was often written in the French form, réunion, from 1835.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1576 – reunion.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1703 – meeting again after separation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1820 – a social gathering.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1835 – réunion (French form).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or process of coming together again.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The state of being reunited.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A gathering of relatives, friends or former associates.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reunionist]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[reunite]]

+ * [[union]]

+ * [[unite]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The island of Réunion was given the name in 1793, during the French Revolution, in memory of the union in 1792 of revolutionaries from Marseille with the National Guard in Paris.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}