rethink

[ verb ree-thingk; noun ree-thingk ]

/ verb riˈθɪŋk; noun ˈriˌθɪŋk /

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verb (used with or without object), re·thought, re·think·ing.

to reconsider, especially profoundly.

noun

the act of reconsidering.

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Origin of rethink

First recorded in 1690–1700; re- + think¹

OTHER WORDS FROM rethink

re·think·er, noun

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How to use rethink in a sentence

Together, they’re a concrete sign of a major rethink of antitrust law.
The Facebook and Google antitrust suits are a warning shot for all corporate giants—not just Big Tech|matthewheimer|December 10, 2020|Fortune
So given the fact that we negotiate the spaces around us in the same ways, it seems like we are overdue for a rethink.
Need a COVID Cure? Hail a Robot Revolution|Eugene Robinson|December 6, 2020|Ozy
For all the talk of a “return to normal,” large chunks of the old normal are due for a post-covid-19 rethink.
What changes after covid-19? I’m betting on everything.|Megan McArdle|November 29, 2020|Washington Post
There’s also the fact that the company has been undergoing a bit of an executive shakeup among the Pixel line — something that appears to point to a dramatic rethink of the line.
Google now has three mid-range Pixel phones|Brian Heater|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch

All of this calls for a rethink of the hiring practices employers relied on in the past.
Deep Dive: How companies and their employees are facing the future of work|Digiday|September 1, 2020|Digiday
And these initiatives represent an effort to fundamentally rethink our landscape.
Parks and Regeneration|The Daily Beast|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I hope it gets liberals to vote this November, and gets moderates to rethink their positions.
Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning|Jay Michaelson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the aftermath of the accident, House began to rethink his life.
Surviving War Doesn’t Turn All Veterans into Victims, Sometimes it Helps Them Grow|David Morris|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it would appear their use for the separatists was for a more short-term goal: to cause the government to rethink its assault.
Eastern Ukraine Explodes, Russian Invasion Grows More Likely|Jamie Dettmer|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the president of the United States and his spymaster sound like Putin, it might be time to rethink things.
Did Putin or Obama Say ‘We Don’t Have a Domestic Spying Program’?|Justin Miller|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They had largely to rethink the Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato.
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia|Muhammad Iqbal
We may listen and read, but the views of others we cannot take on credit; we must rethink them and "make them our own."
First and Last Things|H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for rethink

rethink

verb (riːˈθɪŋk) -thinks, -thinking or -thought

to think about (something) again, esp with a view to changing one's tactics or opinions

noun (ˈriːˌθɪŋk)

the act or an instance of thinking again

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