rebirth

CEFRC1

/ɹiːˈbɜːθ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A new beginning or return to life.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Revival, reinvigoration.

Examples

  • The death of her husband was her rebirth.

  • The spring season represents a beautiful rebirth of flowers and plants.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Spiritual renewal.

  2. Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To cause to be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.

More examples

In context

  • Annihilation gives birth to my rebirth.

  • 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, […]

  • 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, […]

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Origin

noun

From re- + birth.