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reborn

reborn

12 4.4
Having new life and energy, like a place that is active again
  • adjective
  • /riˈbɔrn/
translation icon : renovado
  • We can be reborn here every evening.

The New World Church is not a phoenix rising from flames, remade and reborn.

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Examples

  • Your relationship with Stanford will constantly be reborn, renewed, redefined.

  • The River Pride is reborn.

    African Cats (2011)

  • It's being reborn into the real world.

  • It's just been reborn in like a different way now.

  • You can finally drop it and sort of re be reborn in new relationships and into a new identity.

  • If this goal is met, physical education will be reborn and help to direct society forward.

    Academic text (1993)

  • After a few days, uh, I feel reborn.

    Adrift (2018)

  • I was lost to a sea of cold, and then I was reborn into a world of warmth.

  • We are Renaissance artists reborn after a plague.

  • After years of neglect, the old park was finally reborn with new plants and pathways.

Synonyms

born-again
vsreborn
36 6.8

Someone who has had a spiritual rebirth after becoming a Christian

is a general renewed existence not limited to spiritual change
renewed
vsreborn
2 3.8

Feeling fresh and strong again

implies a more profound return to lasting existence or importance
revived
vsreborn
3.6

Life, energy, or interest comes back after a time of loss

is about a fuller return to a renewed existence or importance
reanimated
vsreborn
6.7

Made to feel alive or full of energy

describes a deeper restoration to renewed existence or importance
revitalized
vsreborn
  • US
4.4

Full of new life and energy

focuses more on a complete renewed existence or regained importance
reinvigorated
vsreborn
5.1

Having new energy and feeling strong

points to a more complete change into renewed existence or importance
re-formed
vsreborn
  • UK
5.4

Put together again after a band or club stops working together

covers restoration to renewed life or importance rather than just formation
re-created
vsreborn
4.2

Made again to look like the original after it was lost or destroyed

emphasizes revived existence or regained importance rather than mere recreation
resuscitated
vsreborn
6.8

Alive or conscious again after looking dead

refers to a lasting restored existence rather than a momentary revival

Antonyms

weakened
2.7

Not as strong or effective

diminished
  • Specialized
4.4

Smaller in size, strength or importance

How Renewed

reborn
12 4.4
revived
3.6
renewed
2 3.8

Surface Forms

reborn positive
reborner comparative
rebornest superlative

Morphology

reborn = born (semi-transparent) = re + born

The meaning 'restored or revived' is a metaphorical extension of 'born again' applied to non-living entities, which is related but less literal.

Etymology

Reborn comes from the parts re- 'again' and born 'to be born'. Think of a place or feeling given 'new life' as if it were born again, which is why reborn means 'restored' or 'revived'.