rebuild
/ɹiːˈbɪld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To attempt to improve one's performance during a period of struggling.
noun
A process or result of rebuilding.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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?"
- "“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.”"
- "After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild."
- "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."
- "Doc's spirits lifted at the suggestion that Cochrane was already thinking about painting the finished rebuild."
Etymology
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.