Reunification Meaning
/riˌunəfəˈkeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.
Sentence Examples
In 1989 the reunification of Germany was celebrated.
A peaceful reunification of Taiwan with China has become virtually impossible.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the two countries brought peace after many years of war.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the two countries after decades of division was celebrated with enormous public gatherings.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English unification English reunification From re- + unification.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Many of Spenser's readers today find the cleavings and reunifications of Redcrosse and Una presenting a psychodrama of mental fragmentation […]"
— 2010, Greg Kucich, Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism, page 273:
"With the collapse of the Wall and the reunification of Germany, the divided stations and railway lines of Berlin were 'reunited' too. The last 'ghost station' was reopened to all passengers in 1992, and the very term - "ghost station" - had come to denote any disused platform remaining from the divide."
— 2025 October 29, Vitali Vitaliev, “Haunted by the past”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 68:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the two countries brought peace after many years of war.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the two countries after decades of division was celebrated with enormous public gatherings.