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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
rebuild
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
car
▪ In 1916, it was rebuilt as a welding car to carry equipment for track welding at night.
Car 7, as rebuilt from an open-sided car, at Layton terminus. 3.
▪ Consequently he instituted a programme of car-body building in the new workshops under the guise of rebuilding old cars.
century
▪ Much of the church was rebuilt in the nineteenth century and both Cracow churches have lost some of their Medieval character.
▪ The eastern arm was rebuilt in the thirteenth century on to a Romanesque nave.
church
▪ They have spent months rebuilding Kraljicamira church but it is completely bare.
▪ Elsewhere he renewed his contacts with Bishop Jocelin of Wells, then in the midst of rebuilding the cathedral church in Wells.
city
▪ Like other politicians, he is calling for solidarity and cooperation to quickly rebuild our damaged inner city.
▪ Give us the hammer and the nails, we will rebuild the city.
▪ While the people in the neighborhood spent and rebuilt, City Hall proceeded with its secret plan.
country
▪ But nostalgia is not enough to rebuild a country.
▪ Civilian rebuilding of the country started late and is going slowly.
▪ Despite the squabbles, Harvard-educated Mahmood insists that bridges have been rebuilt between the two countries.
▪ But others insist that the election process itself is crucial to rebuilding the country.
▪ But perhaps the greatest challenge will be raising funds abroad to rebuild a war-torn country.
▪ He accused the Conservatives of squandering £100 million of North Sea oil receipts that could have rebuilt the country on tax cuts.
▪ But you can help us rebuild our country.
economy
▪ We are giving practical help in consolidating their independence, building up democratic systems of government and rebuilding their economies.
▪ The town has rebuilt its economy around aerospace, telecommunications, and manufacturing.
▪ On Nov. 7 he named his government and pledged to rebuild the country's economy.
▪ As for reforming and rebuilding the economy, Hashimoto divided the remaining five years this century into three stages.
▪ During the period of rebuilding the economy after World War Two, the growth rate averaged only 1.4 percent.
▪ We now are offering them help in consolidating their independence and rebuilding their economies.
freeway
▪ He opposed rebuilding the Central Freeway and proposed getting tough on some General Assistance recipients.
▪ H it would cost $ 67million to rebuild the freeway.
▪ In addition to a rebuilt freeway, the Prop.
home
▪ Use the five steps and chart below to work out a reasonable estimate of the cost of rebuilding your home.
▪ And now they had the immense task of reclaiming all this land and rebuilding all their homes.
house
▪ When he succeeded as fifth baronet in 1758 he was ready to rebuild the house.
▪ And like Mr Gingrich, he is trying to rebuild a House majority in his own image.
▪ Bishop Rede of Chichester rebuilt his manor house at Amberley in a new, more sophisticated style.
▪ Davis figures rebuilding the chapter house will cost about $ 1 million.
▪ You could find yourself paying to rebuild a house or replace expensive street furniture.
life
▪ Now they find themselves alone in later years and often have to rebuild their lives right from scratch.
▪ The past several years have been a difficult period of trying to rebuild a broken life.
▪ His sister, Catherine must now rebuild her life.
▪ Their story is how they are rebuilding their lives.
▪ People don't rebuild their lives quickly after things like this.
▪ Oxfam is working with the refugees helping them rebuild their lives.
▪ The families of head injury children rebuild their lives.
▪ Will you please consider running to help us rebuild more lives and show that you, too care?
money
▪ In 1675 he attacked the granting of money for rebuilding the navy.
plan
▪ She also suggested that the city develop a long-term plan for rebuilding after a disaster.
▪ Disapproval of the government was compounded by its lack of clarity over plans to rebuild the mosque.
▪ A trust has restored three weirs already, and plans are under way to rebuild another seven.
task
▪ Centre-left parties have been given the task of rebuilding the defences that were first erected 150 years ago.
■ VERB
begin
▪ In 1124 the Skaven were finally driven out of the Empire and the people began to rebuild their towns.
▪ When I finally began rebuilding my program, I was allowed one half-mile run every other day.
▪ In 1949 work began on rebuilding the Newbridge Hill maltings which had been bombed during the war.
▪ Your negative attitude may be the best signal you have to begin rebuilding a relationship before it is too late.
▪ The rebels seized the chance to return to Lusignan in force and begin to rebuild it.
▪ The Elves begin to rebuild their shattered land.
▪ Conditions attached to the granting of planning permission included not demolishing the existing building until work was ready to begin on rebuilding.
▪ She went home and the next morning began rebuilding her life.
help
▪ Oxfam is working with the refugees helping them rebuild their lives.
▪ Will you please consider running to help us rebuild more lives and show that you, too care?
▪ However, even disintegrated mud brick can help to assess rebuilding phases in Penivian villages or Near Eastern tells.
▪ This innovation has been widely adopted, and has helped intermediaries to rebuild profitability.
▪ Now it's hoped they can be helped to rebuild their shattered lives.
▪ These changes will help to rebuild a fragmented community and create an environment suitable for children to grow up in.
▪ It won't help stop an accident happening - but it will help you rebuild your family's future.
need
▪ Some £30 million was needed to rebuild it, and the hospital was planning a massive appeal.
▪ Laws, regulations, and all kinds of public expenditures need to be rebuilt from the ground up on this new basis.
▪ We need to revitalise and rebuild and enlarge it.
▪ The destroyed dispensaries need rebuilding to provide the workers with a reasonable working place.
▪ The Industry Minister suggested that TT$2,000 million would be needed to rebuild the commercial heart of the city.
spend
▪ Ian has spent the winter season rebuilding his machine to make it one of the fastest 600s on the grid.
▪ While the people in the neighborhood spent and rebuilt, City Hall proceeded with its secret plan.
▪ They have spent months rebuilding Kraljicamira church but it is completely bare.
start
▪ What can you do to start rebuilding the foundations of your marriage?
▪ The owners started to rebuild those teams, and normally, that takes five years.
▪ Time allowed 00:19 Read in studio Welcome back:Work has started to rebuild one of the biggest church spires in the country.
▪ Then we started a rebuilding process.
try
▪ There are worse ways to try to rebuild his support among Latino voters.
▪ The past several years have been a difficult period of trying to rebuild a broken life.
▪ And like Mr Gingrich, he is trying to rebuild a House majority in his own image.
work
▪ Police say Avanesian got odd jobs, working to rebuild generators and alternators for auto-electrical shops in the area.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Much of the city had to be rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Earthquake and hurricane insurance would be required in high-risk areas as a contingency to receiving federal aid to rebuild after a disaster.
▪ If they fail to win 50 percent this time, they are not expected to be able to rebuild the alliance.
▪ Much of the church was rebuilt in the nineteenth century and both Cracow churches have lost some of their Medieval character.
▪ The frenzy of rebuilding is now past.
▪ The reasons for rebuilding this monument after the war are complex.
▪ They postpone spending on road repair until the road has to be rebuilt, at three times the cost of simple resurfacing.
▪ Thornton rebuilt it at the foot of the castle ramparts.
▪ When Dowell moved into the top spot in 1986, he had a lot of rebuilding to do.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rebuild

Rebuild \Re*build"\ (r[=e]*b[i^]ld"), v. t. To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rebuild

c.1600 (implied in rebuilding), from re- "back, again" + build (v.). Related: Rebuilt.

Wiktionary
rebuild

n. An act of rebuilding. vb. To build again.

WordNet
rebuild
  1. v. build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" [syn: reconstruct]

  2. [also: rebuilt]

Wikipedia
Rebuild (song)

"Rebuild" is a song written by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Matt Thiessen of Relient K. The song was written in conjunction with the bands' 2007 Appetite for Construction Tour, featuring members from all three bands on tour, Switchfoot, Relient K, and Ruth. Thiessen sang second vocals, and Dustin Ruth of Ruth played harmonica.

All proceeds from the song download will be donated to Habitat For Humanity. It was slated to surface on iTunes, but Relient K frontman Matt Thiessen said the two bands would release the single online for free, but with an option for donation for Habitat. "So I think we're gonna release it for free online and create a place where people can donate to Habitat," Thiessen said.

The song was first played live on October 17, 2007 at a live show in Columbus, Ohio.

Rebuild (The Letter Black album)

Rebuild is the third album by The Letter Black. The album was released on September 10, 2013

Usage examples of "rebuild".

Rebuilding the analytic and human intelligence collection capabilities of the CIA should be a full-time effort, and the director of the CIA should focus on extending its comparative advantages.

In the city of Uwajima the imperial entourage lodged at an inn that had been virtually rebuilt in anticipation of this sublime visit, but the emperor had a slight cold and so chose not to bathe.

But on these lands, and on the ruins of Pagan superstition, the Christians had frequently erected their own religious edifices: and as it was necessary to remove the church before the temple could be rebuilt, the justice and piety of the emperor were applauded by one party, while the other deplored and execrated his sacrilegious violence.

They were also convinced that the Iraqis had retained the know-how and probably much of the equipment they needed to rebuild their WMD and ballistic missile arsenals and to get back to work building nuclear weapons.

Councilman Chuck Beaty, who was shot in the face, shoulder, and back, received 32 stitches to his tongue, lost some teeth, and has had his jaw bone rebuilt several times.

Ojo Caliente was constantly being reshaped and rebuilt, in places spongy, in other places cracked and hard and brittle, the stuff of geyserite: a hydrous form of silica, a variety of opal deposited in gray and white concretelike masses, porous, filamentous, and scaly.

Afterward Ben wanted to build their own house, and Celia had Malihini rebuilt as guest quarters.

Hondura, convoyed the rescued women and children in the direction of their maloca, which they planned to rebuild.

There Professor Marchpane, acting in collaboration with the school of mines, had reopened the glass factory at Crystal Lip, and had rebuilt the old blast furnaces at Carbontown.

In due course Thomas rebuilt the minster, or part of it, on a modest scale.

Everywhere he razed the strongholds of presumptuous barons, but strengthened and rebuilt his own capital fortresses.

In the last few hours I have been scrutinizing individual files, and from the ranks of these alleged Proles I can bring you enough talent to rebuild the world.

SS killer hauled before a court and in every way possible to stultify the course of justice in West Germany when it operates against a former Karnerad, to see that former SS men established themselves in commerce and industry in time to take advantage of the economic miracle that has rebuilt the country since 1945, and finally to propagandize the German people to the viewpoint that the SS killers were in fact none other than ordinary patriotic soldiers doing their duty to the Fatherland, and in no way deserving of the persecution to which FOREWORD xi justice and conscience have ineffectually subjected them.

He ordered his carters to bring in Arno sand and sacks of cement, sent out runners to collect the crews of masons and quarriers, at dusk set them to rebuilding the tower.

In the back country you sometimes came across one, generally rebored and rebuilt, held together with rusting baling wire, the butt long rotted.