How to spell rebuild

Rebuild is spelled R-E-B-U-I-L-D.

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What it means: To build something again after it is damaged or destroyed.

In a sentence: After the storm, we will rebuild the sandcastle.

Same family: builder, building, rebuilding, rebuilt, construction. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Rebuild is formed from the prefix "re-", meaning "again", and the verb "build", which comes from Old English *byldan* related to "building a house." English uses the prefix "re-" in many verbs like "rewrite" and "redo" to show doing something again.

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