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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹiːˈbɪld/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|re-|build]], re- meaning back or again.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To build up again what has been demolished: about 1600, implied in rebuilding, in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster dates an intransitive use to the 15th century.^(MWU 2024) The OED's first quotation for the transitive verb is from 1611.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The noun, an act of rebuilding or a thing rebuilt, is from 1692.^(OED 1989) Modern senses include making extensive structural repairs and restoring a system or situation to its former state, as in rebuilding one's life.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 15th century – rebuild (Merriam-Webster).^(MWU 2024)

+ * c. 1600 – rebuilding.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1611 – to build again.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1692 – a rebuild (noun).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To build again something that was damaged or destroyed; to [[reconstruct]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To make extensive repairs or changes to.^(AHD)

+ # To restore to a former condition: ''rebuild his life''.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rebuildable]]

+ * [[rebuildability]]

+ * [[rebuilder]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prebuild]]

+ * [[build]]

+ * [[building]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}