rebase
verb
rebase is a verb meaning “To replace the base of a denture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-B-A-S-E, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rebase mean?
verb
- 1
To replace the base of a denture.
- 2
To modify core data from which other data is derived in such a way that the final meaning is unchanged.
- 3
To change the base address of.
- 4
To integrate changes by appending them to another commit or branch, rather than pulling or merging in changes from a branch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rebase
- rebases present, singular, he/she/it
- rebasing participle, present
- rebased participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rebase?
Rebase appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does rebase come from?
From re- + base.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).