Rebuild Meaning
/ɹiːˈbɪld/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo build again or anew.
verbTo attempt to improve one's performance during a period of struggling.
Sentence Examples
The south had no money to rebuild.
It'll take some time, but eventually we'll be able to rebuild.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the earthquake, volunteers worked together to ____ the damaged homes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The community came together to ____ the town hall that had been destroyed in the fire.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build English rebuild From re- + build.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme."
— 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
"We cannot forget the hurts and pain which have been dealt by the two opposing forces, but we must seek to heal the wounds and go forward. Are we going to allow the wounds to fester until we die, or are we big enough, collectively and individually, to write it off as a bad experience and begin to rebuild?"
— 1976 August 7, Kathy Guilmette, “Devil's Advocate”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
"“Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version.”"
— 2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 May 2021:
"Although the new features of the rebuilds were mainly the application of successful standard principles, the retention of the outside admission cylinders with their necessary high-pressure valve rod glands, of which the Southern lacked previous experience with an engine of this size, caused some unexpected teething troubles."
— 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160:
"Doc's spirits lifted at the suggestion that Cochrane was already thinking about painting the finished rebuild."
— 2000, John Christgau, Sierra Sue II: The Story of a P-51 Mustang, page 138:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the earthquake, volunteers worked together to ____ the damaged homes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The community came together to ____ the town hall that had been destroyed in the fire.