| word | rebel |
|---|---|
| definition | noun Rebels are people who are fighting against their own country's army in order to change the political system there. ...fighting between rebels and government forces. ...rebel forces in Liberia. Politicians who oppose some of their own party's policies can be referred to as rebels . The rebels want another 1% cut in interest rates. ...rebel MPs. You can say that someone is a rebel if you think that they behave differently from other people and have rejected the values of society or of their parents . She had been a rebel at school. verb If politicians rebel against one of their own party's policies, they show that they oppose it. There are signs that MPs are rebelling against a new regime of austerity at the Commons. ...MPs planning to rebel over the proposed welfare cuts. When someone rebels, they start to behave differently from other people and reject the values of society or of their parents. The child who rebels is unlikely to be overlooked. I was very young and rebelling against everything. |
| inflections | rebelsrebellingrebelled |
| cefr-level | C1 |
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