reunion
A special meeting where family, friends, or classmates who have not seen each other for a long time come together again.
A planned gathering where people who have been apart, especially family members or former classmates, come together again.
The act of being together again after being apart or separated.
The act, moment, or process of people, groups, or things that were separated coming together again.
An island that is part of France in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, called Réunion.
A French overseas department and island in the Indian Ocean, located east of Madagascar, officially called Réunion.
- Base: reunion
- Plural: reunion, reunions
class reunion
1reunion of a graduating class
A meeting where people who finished school or university in the same year come together again.
- Our ten-year class reunion is next spring.
- He skipped the class reunion because he was traveling for work.
emotional reunion
1reunion with strong emotions
A meeting again after time apart that makes people feel very strong emotions, like happiness or sadness.
- Reporters captured the emotional reunion between the lost child and her parents.
- Their emotional reunion was shared widely on social media.
family reunion
1gathering of extended family
A planned meeting where many members of a family, often from different places, come together after a long time.
- We have a big family reunion every five years at a beach resort.
- The family reunion brought together cousins who had never met before.
high-school reunion
1gathering of former high-school classmates
A meeting where people who went to the same high school come together again after many years.
- She met her future business partner at her twenty-year high-school reunion.
- I was nervous about seeing my old classmates at the high-school reunion.
reunion dinner
1special meal for meeting again
A special dinner where family or friends who have been apart come together again.
- They held a reunion dinner to celebrate their parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary.
- The reunion dinner lasted late into the night.
reunion show
1show where cast meets again
A special TV show or performance where people who worked together before come back and appear together again.
- The reunion show featured the entire original cast of the sitcom.
- Fans are excited about the reunion show announced for next month.
reunion tour
1tour after band reforms
A series of concerts by a band or group that has started playing together again after a long break or a breakup.
- The band's reunion tour sold out in minutes.
- Fans are hoping for a reunion tour next year.
school reunion
1reunion of former students
A meeting where people who went to the same school come together again after many years.
- She flew home to attend her old school's reunion.
- The school reunion was held in the new gymnasium.
tearful reunion
1reunion with tears of emotion
A meeting again after time apart where people cry because they feel very strong emotions.
- The documentary showed the tearful reunion of refugees with their relatives.
- It was a tearful reunion when the soldier finally came home.
joyful reunion
1very happy meeting again
A very happy moment when people meet again after being apart for a long time.
- The movie ends with a joyful reunion between mother and son.
- Their joyful reunion at the airport brought tears to my eyes.
- After years of living abroad, she had a joyful reunion with her childhood friends.
- The film ends with a joyful reunion of the family.