rebooked; rebooking; rebooks

transitive + intransitive

: to book again or anew
rebooking the passengers on other flights
The band had to rebook their shows.
rebook a hotel room
Seats were still hard to come by as passengers scrambled to rebook flights.Corilyn Shropshire
… was rebooked on suspicion of battery against a correctional officer after an incident that took place while he was in custody.Gus Thomson
When I tried to rebook, an agent told me there were no options in the Caribbean for the same dates.Christopher Elliott

Examples of rebook in a Sentence

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That relief becomes tangible if a traveler hears about a delay early enough to rebook a connection or reroute ground transport before queues swell. Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026 Customers with Spirit tickets will be issued refunds, and they have been instructed to rebook travel on other carriers. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 Consider a traveler trying to rebook a flight after a sudden cancellation. Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Within hours, thousands of flights had been canceled, leaving travelers stranded midtrip or scrambling to rebook as the airline halted operations with little notice. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for rebook

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rebook was in 1846

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“Rebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebook. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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