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# reborn

«reborn» in Mova's school dictionary: **Born again; made to live again or start a new life** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (reborn); past participle of the rare verb rebear (be reborn)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Born again; made to live again or start a new life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#m1)

2) (church) Christians who say they are «born again» or «reborn» believe they have started a new life of faith in Jesus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#m2)

3) (belief) In Hinduism and Buddhism, people believe a soul can be reborn in a new body after death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#m3)

4) Full of new energy or hope, as if starting again: «The old park was reborn.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories something «reborn» comes back to life, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, or a town rebuilt after a storm. In religion lessons it links to baptism and to beliefs about rebirth (reincarnation). Phrases: «be reborn», «feel reborn», «reborn as».

### examples

- The phoenix burned up and was reborn from the ashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#x1)
- After the holiday Dad said he felt reborn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#x2)
- Many Christians say they were reborn when they were baptised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#x3)
- Hindus believe a soul is reborn many times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#x4)
- The old cinema was reborn as a theatre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#x5)
- In spring the garden seems reborn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#x6)
- In the game your character is reborn at the last checkpoint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/#x7)

### note

Used mostly with «be»: «was reborn», «is reborn». Noun: rebirth. «Born-again» is the usual adjective for Christians: «a born-again Christian». Not «reborned».

### In the corpora

- [Hindus believe the soul is reborn many times (reincarnation) until it reaches freedom, called moksha.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/8/)
- [Christians differ about whether animals go to heaven; many Hindus and Buddhists believe animals are reborn; some people believe animals simply die.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies/14/)
- [Hindus believe in reincarnation: the soul is reborn in a new body until it is finally freed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reborn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reborn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.