rethink
[verb ree-thingk; noun ree-thingk]
- to reconsider, especially profoundly.
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- the act of reconsidering.
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Origin of rethink
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reevaluate, reexamine, amend, rework, revise, reassess, rehash, retrace, review, rearrange, emend, polish, correct, replanExamples from the Web for rethink
Contemporary Examples of rethink
I hope it gets liberals to vote this November, and gets moderates to rethink their positions.
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 GrowDavid Morris
May 18, 2014
But it would appear their use for the separatists was for a more short-term goal: to cause the government to rethink its assault.
When the president of the United States and his spymaster sound like Putin, it might be time to rethink things.
If it is successful, perhaps the dummies who determine what we see on television will rethink their mantra.
Historical Examples of rethink
They had largely to rethink the Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato.
The Development of Metaphysics in PersiaMuhammad 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 ThingsH. G. Wells
rethink
- to think about (something) again, esp with a view to changing one's tactics or opinions
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- the act or an instance of thinking again
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Word Origin and History for rethink
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