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- [ree-bild]
- /riˈbɪld/
- /ˌriːˈbɪld/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ree-bild]
- /riˈbɪld/
Definitions of rebuild word
- verb with object rebuild to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car. 1
- verb with object rebuild to replace, restrengthen, or reinforce: to rebuild an army. 1
- verb with object rebuild to revise, reshape, or reorganize: to rebuild a shattered career. 1
- verb without object rebuild to build again or afresh: With the insurance money we can rebuild. 1
- transitive verb rebuild physically: reconstruct 1
- transitive verb rebuild confidence, etc.: restore 1
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Origin of rebuild
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; re- + build
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Rebuild
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rebuild popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rebuild usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rebuild
verb rebuild
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- clean up one's act — to start to behave in a responsible manner
- cobble — Cobbles are the same as cobblestones.
- cobbled — A cobbled street has a surface made of cobblestones.
- cobbles — coal in small rounded lumps
noun rebuild
- fixer — a person or thing that fixes.
Antonyms for rebuild
verb rebuild
- abrade — To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- chafe — If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
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