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rebirth

American  
[ree-burth, ree-burth] / riˈbɜrθ, ˈriˌbɜrθ /

noun

  1. a new or second birth.

    the rebirth of the soul.

  2. a renewed existence, activity, or growth; renaissance or revival.

    the rebirth of conservatism.


rebirth British  
/ riːˈbɜːθ /

noun

  1. a revival or renaissance

    the rebirth of learning

  2. a second or new birth; reincarnation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rebirth

First recorded in 1830–40; re- + birth

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There’s a tension in his art, between fracture and mending, destruction and creation, that holds out a promise of rebirth and lends humble forms outsize power.

From The Wall Street Journal

Apple took me on a tour of partner facilities to see the rebirth of the chip supply chain in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

That was the first step of what Puerto Rico hopes will be a rebirth of a Winter Olympics program that had been razed to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

Otherwise, the book is entirely complimentary, as it proceeds to narrate Mr. Dylan’s subsequent lengthy creative rebirth.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the oldest known writing in Marathi, a language spoken by millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious leader named Cakradhara points to an acacia tree as a symbol of death and rebirth.

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