Rebirth Meaning
/ɹiːˈbɜːθ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounReincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
nounRevival, reinvigoration.
Sentence Examples
The death of her husband was her rebirth.
Annihilation gives birth to my rebirth.
The spring season represents a beautiful rebirth of flowers and plants.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the forest fire, the ecosystem experienced a full ____ with new plants and animals.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city experienced a cultural ____ after years of decline, with new galleries and theaters opening.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English rebirth From re- + birth.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes, […]"
— 1989, Saral Jhingran, Aspects of Hindu morality, page 35:
"And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before, […]"
— 2009, Richard Taruskin, Music in the Nineteenth Century:
"The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life."
— 2000, Joseph Stoutzenberger, Celebrating Sacraments, page 132:
"Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward."
— 2011, Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ, page 233:
"D’Alessandro fashioned it upon a book he wrote, the lost stories he rebirthed and cherished."
— 2011, John Trevillian, The A-Men Return, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics.: Matador, →ISBN, page 196:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the forest fire, the ecosystem experienced a full ____ with new plants and animals.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city experienced a cultural ____ after years of decline, with new galleries and theaters opening.