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# rebuild

«rebuild» in Mova's school dictionary: **to build something again after it has been damaged or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rebuild, rebuilds, rebuilt, rebuilding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rebuild is to build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#m1)

2) To make something strong again, like your strength, trust or a team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history and news: towns are rebuilt after earthquakes, floods, fires and wars. In everyday life: rebuild a Lego model, rebuild a friendship. The prefix re- means "again".

### examples

- They rebuilt the school after the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#x1)
- The wall fell down, so we rebuilt it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#x2)
- After the earthquake, the town was rebuilt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#x3)
- I rebuilt my Lego castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#x4)
- It takes time to rebuild trust after a lie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#x5)
- The team is rebuilding after losing players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#x6)
- The bridge is being rebuilt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuild/#x7)

### note

Irregular past: rebuilt (not "rebuilded"). Prefix re- = again: redo, rewrite, rebuild.

### In the corpora

- [A caterpillar turns into a butterfly inside a chrysalis, where its body breaks down and is rebuilt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds/5/)
- [Bones are alive, with blood vessels and cells that rebuild them, so a broken bone can heal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin/6/)
- [Lies make trust hard to rebuild once people find out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners/8/)
- [Trust is quick to lose and slow to rebuild; keep telling the truth and it will grow back slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/10/)
- [Trust is quick to lose and slow to rebuild.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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