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re-build

re-build is the alternative form of rebuild.

Meaning of rebuild

Verb

rebuild (third-person singular simple present rebuilds, present participle rebuilding, simple past and past participle rebuilt)

  1. (ambitransitive) To build again or anew.
    • 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...1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714
  2. (figuratively) To attempt to improve one's performance during a period of struggling.
    • After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild.

See all 4 meanings of rebuild

Forms of re-build

third-person singular presentre-builds
present participlere-building
past participlere-built
pastre-built

Questions about re-build

What is re-build the alternative form of?
Re-build is the alternative form of rebuild.

Words near re-build in the dictionary

  1. re-bracketings
  2. re-brand
  3. re-branded
  4. re-branding
  5. re-brands
  6. re-build
  7. re-building
  8. re-builds
  9. re-built
  10. re-bury
  11. re-call

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-build (page history and authors); rebuild (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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