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Rebuilt

Definition: Rebuilt

Rebuilt

Adjective

1. Made over usually with changes; "the rebuilt pier spoiled our view"; "our remodeled house seems like new".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rebuilt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonym: Rebuilt

Synonym: remodeled (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Rebuilt

English words defined with "rebuilt": Adrianople, AdrianopolisByzantine EmpireCarthage, Constantine, Constantinople, constitutionEastern Roman Empire, EdirneFrederick WilliamIstanbulOld IronsidesremodeledSennacherib, Stamboul, Stambulthe Great Elector. (references)
Specialty definitions using "rebuilt": apparatus-repair mechanicBetheliteEliashibFINAL ASSEMBLER, flat-fileGAS-WELDING-EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, GLASS-LATHE OPERATORLudgate, LyddaMahanehdan, Mahaneh-danOVERHEAD CLEANER MAINTAINERPhryneretreaderSUBASSEMBLERtelevision-picture-tube rebuilder, Tiny Clos, TIRE BUILDER, tire rebuilder, traveling cleaner, maintenance, TUBE REBUILDERYork Stairs. (references)

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Modern Usage: Rebuilt

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Cities fall but they are rebuilt. Heroes die but they are remembered. (Deep Impact; writing credit: Bruce Joel Rubin; Michael Tolkin)

It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. (Field of Dreams; writing credit: Phil Alden Robinson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Rebuilt

DomainTitle

Books

  • How to Rebuilt Your Nissan & Datsun Ohc Engine (reference)

  • Illinois Fifth Capitol: The House That Lincoln Built and Caused to Be Rebuilt (1837-1865) (reference)

  • Leading the Way: How Vietnam Veterans Rebuilt the U.S. Military: An Oral History (reference)

  • Rebuilt Capital Equipment Market for 2001 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Shakespeare's Globe Rebuilt (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Rebuilt

Illustrations:
Rebuilt

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Photo Album: Rebuilt

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Station Post emulating the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" Leg settled badly in vicinity of ditch Tower was rebuilt with one leg placed in center of road.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

This image shows the effect the sediment is having at East Timbalier island. The original footprint of the island is slowly being rebuilt.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

In 1997, a partnership of industry and government rebuilt AQUARIUS.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Figure 6. Brooke sounder, invented by Midshipman John M. Brooke, USN, at the instigation of Matthew Fontaine Maury of the United States Naval Observatory in 1852. This was the first sounding device to abandon its lead at the bottom and return with a sample. Initially, it was built with two hooks for release and malfunctioned but was rebuilt with a single hook and used successfully in 1853.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

West (door) elevation. Photograph by Gerda Peterich, September 1962. (Reproduction Number: HABS ME,3-PORTS,1-2) This unusual-looking lighthouse is built of curved cast-iron plates whose seams are cleverly disguised by six decorative Corinthian columns. Built in 1855 and rebuilt twenty years later, the lighthouse may have been the work of Thomas Ustick Walter, designer of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The lighthouse's flashing red beacon helped guide ships from Casco Bay through the entrance to Portland Harbor. Wooden sheds and a six-room house for the lighthouse-keeper were added at a later date but have since been removed. The lighthouse itself was abandoned in 1943.Credit: Library of Congress.

Photographed about the time she was taken over by the Navy. Rebuilt in 1904, she was acquired for Navy service on 5 May 1917 and commissioned on 22 September 1917 as USS Knickerbocker (SP-479). She was stricken on 16 March 1918 because of her poor condition, but a shortage of tugs caused her to be soon reinstated. She was finally stricken by the Navy on 15 February 1919 and sold on 18 February 1919.Credit: NAVY.

Old weapons on exhibit in East Willard Park, circa Summer 1978. This area was rebuilt to another design in 1981-82, with the artifacts rearranged. Many of them, including all the missiles, were removed in or before the year 2000. The gun in the center is a 10-inch Brooke smoothbore from CSS Columbia. A Confederate 5-inch Whitworth rifle is at right, and a double-banded 7-inch Brooke rifle (captured on CSS Tennessee) is at left. A prototype launcher for "Terrier" missiles is behind these guns. In the center background is a "Regulus II" missile. Buildings 111 and 106 are in the distance. This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center in January 1979.Credit: NAVY.

Cathedral belltower (17th century, rebuilt 1869-70), northwest view over Kremlin walls, Vologda, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

N. V. Meshkov house (1820, rebuilt 1885-86), Perm', Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

Mail plane 202 rebuilt for air service.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Rebuilt

TitleAuthorQuote

Last Chance To See

Douglas Adams

The road suddenly turns out to be impassable because it's being rebuilt by the Chinese, only we're not supposed to know that.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

They ran on past the rebuilt Hooverville.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Rebuilt

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In healthy adults, bone tissue is continually being remodeled and rebuilt. (references)

Business

The practice of selling remanufactured or rebuilt motor parts in Italy has existed for the past 25 - 30 years. (references)

While in the 1960's, every electric and mechanical part was usually rebuilt or reconditioned (given the high cost of raw materials), there is today a tendency --encouraged by automobile manufacturers-- to recommend the use of new parts rather than refurbished ones. This is especially true for parts involving less complex production techniques and those that are usually available from low-cost producers in the Far East. At the same time, refurbishing is now generally performed on high-quality parts, whose production is more complex and expensive and which requires a more skilled workforce. (references)

Children

Sierra Leone

The law requires school attendance through primary school; however, schools, clinics, and hospitals throughout the country were looted and destroyed during the 10-year insurgency, and most have not been rebuilt. (references)

East Timor

The Government was rebuilding and replacing the educational infrastructure destroyed by the Indonesian military and pro-Indonesia militias in September 1999; Many primary and secondary schools were rebuilt during the year and the Government heavily relies on international aid in its efforts to rebuild educational infrastructure. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ukraine

It returned two churches that were rebuilt with government funds. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Professional and institutional ties between Egypt and the United States were rebuilt. (references)

Vietnam

Of these airports, many are planning to be repaired and some are planning to be rebuilt. (references)

Morocco

Foreign exchange reserves have been rebuilt largely through telecom sector privatizations. (references)

Human Rights

Poland

Of 156 detention facilities, 98 require considerable renovation, of which 8 are in very poor condition and need to be completely rebuilt. (references)

Rwanda

The justice system collapsed during the war and genocide of 1994. With help from the international community it was being rebuilt slowly and was beginning to function more normally. (references)

Minorities

East Timor

One of the churches was rebuilt during the year with assistance from the entire community, including Protestants and Catholics. (references)

Travel

Chad

The City of N'Djamena: Formerly called Fort-Lamy, this hundred-year old former French colonial town has grown rapidly since independence in 1960 and its population is now estimated at over 750,000. The city was seriously damaged during the civil war and political turmoil in the 1980's, but it is gradually being rebuilt. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Rebuilt

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825Their fortifications have lately been rebuilt and their maritime force increased.

Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877A prostrate commerce is to be rebuilt and all industries encouraged.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981There, people have rebuilt the city which war's destruction took from them.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We rebuilt a demoralized, underfunded and unappreciated military.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001In the Dominican Republic, Hillary helped to rededicate a hospital that had been rebuilt by Dominicans and Americans, working side by side.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Rebuilt

"Rebuilt" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 70.52% of the time. "Rebuilt" is used about 458 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)70.52%32316,021
Adjective (general or positive)16.81%7737,929
Lexical Verb (past tense)12.66%5844,427
                    Total100.00%458N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Rebuilt

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "rebuilt": newly-rebuilt, recently-rebuilt, un-rebuilt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rebuilt

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rebuilt engine

1,137

rebuilt transmission

471

rebuilt motor

110

rebuilt marine engine

67

rebuilt

54

rebuilt auto engine

53

rebuilt carburetor

51

rebuilt computer

45

rebuilt cylinder head

45

bell howell inserters rebuilt

43

rebuilt phillipsburg inserters

39

inserco inserters rebuilt

37

rebuilt vacuum pump

36

rebuilt alternator

34

rebuilt diesel engine

31

rebuilt inserters

30

rebuilt superchargers

29

rebuilt car

28

rebuilt starter

27

rebuilt automatic transmission

27
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Rebuilt

Language Translations for "rebuilt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i rivendosur, i rindërtuar (new-built), bëj rikonstruksion (rebuild). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مجدد (reanimated, refreshed, regenerated, remade, renewed, renovated, restorative). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

重建 (rebuilding, reconstruct, reconstructed, Reconstruction, reconstructive, reestablish). (various references)

   

Danish

  

renoveret maskine (rebuilt machine). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

opgeknapte machine (rebuilt machine). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

uudistettu kone (rebuilt machine). (various references)

   

French

  

reconstruisit, reconstruisis, reconstruisirent. (various references)

   

German

  

wiedererbaut, umgebaut. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κτισμένοσ εκ νέου, τελείωσ διορθωμένοσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

újjáépít (rebuild, reconstruct, to rebuild, to restore). (various references)

   

Italian

  

macchina rimessa a nuovo (rebuilt machine), macchina restaurata (rebuilt machine). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

재건하". (various references)

   

Manx

  

aahroggit. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ebuiltray

   

Portuguese

  

reconstruído (reconstructed). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

восстановленный, отремонтированный, перестроенный (new-built). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

remontovan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reconstruido (reconstructed), pret y pp de rebuild. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

återuppbyggd. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

реконструйований (converted, reconstructed), відбудований. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Rebuilt

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

conresurrexistis, recidivus, resurgant, resurgemus, resurgent, resurgere, resurget, resurgunt, resurrecturos, resurrexerint, resurrexerit, resurrexero, resurreximus, resurrexisse, resurrexisset, resurrexistis, resurrexit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Rebuilt

Misspellings

"Rebuilt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prebuilt, rebait, reboil, rebolt, rebul, Reuil, Rimbault, Robull, rubayat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Rebuilt"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "rebuilt" (pronounced rēbi"lt)
4-b i" l tbuilt, overbuilt, unbuilt.
3-i" l tgilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, Milt, quilt, silt, spilt, stilt, tilt, wilt.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Rebuilt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-r-t-u"

-1 letter: butler, riblet, rutile.

-2 letters: birle, biter, blite, bluer, bluet, blurt, bruit, brute, built, buret, butle, liber, liter, litre, rebut, relit, ruble, tiler, tribe, tuber, uteri, utile.

-3 letters: belt, bier, bile, birl, bite, blet, blue, blur, brie, brit, brut, burl, bute, etui, lier, lieu, lire, lite, litu, lube, lure, lute, riel, rile, rite, rube, rule, tier, tile, tire, tirl, true, tube, tule.

-4 letters: bel, bet, bit, bur, but, ire, lei, let, leu, lib, lie, lit, reb, rei, ret, rib, rub, rue, rut, tel, tie, til, tub, tui, urb.

-5 letters: be, bi, el, er, et, it, li, re, ti, ut.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: burliest, subtiler, thurible.

 

+2 letters: blueprint, blurriest, brutalise, brutalize, burbliest, butleries, eruptible, interclub, litterbug, lubricate, overbuilt, rubbliest, rubellite, stubblier, thuribles, tilburies, tribulate.

 

+3 letters: blueprints, blustering, boilersuit, brutalised, brutalises, brutalized, brutalizes, buttermilk, crumbliest, filibuster, litterbugs, lubricated, lubricates, muliebrity, orbiculate, rubellites, tribulated, tribulates, triturable, tuberculin, vestibular.

 

+4 letters: articulable, beautifuler, blueprinted, boatbuilder, boilersuits, brutalities, bullfighter, bullterrier, butterflied, butterflies, buttermilks, corruptible, equilibrant, equilibrate, equilibrist, filibusters, inscrutable, irrefutable, irrefutably, lubricative, lubricities, microtubule, multibarrel, multimember, obtrusively, protrusible, putrescible, rambouillet, relubricate, reusability, salubrities, subinterval, subliteracy, subliterary, subliterate, subterminal, tuberculins, tuberculoid, unliberated, unprintable.

 

+5 letters: ambulatories, attributable, blueprinting, blusteringly, boatbuilders, boisterously, bullfighters, bullterriers, butterflying, circulatable, curabilities, destructible, disreputable, disreputably, durabilities, elucubrating, elucubration, equilibrants, equilibrated, equilibrates, equilibrator, equilibrists, filibustered, filibusterer, interlobular, microtubules, muliebrities, multiproblem, nightclubber, rambouillets, reducibility, relubricated, relubricates, reputability, subeditorial, subintervals, transfusible, tuberculosis, turbellarian, turbulencies, ultraliberal, uncalibrated, uncharitable, unprofitable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Rebuilt


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 62 75 69 6C 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    -...    ..-    ..    .-..    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100010 01110101 01101001 01101100 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#98 &#117 &#105 &#108 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0062 0075 0069 006C 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52716887757886

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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