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rethink

[ verb ree-thingk; noun ree-thingk ]

verb (used with or without object)

, re·thought, re·think·ing.
  1. to reconsider, especially profoundly.


noun

  1. the act of reconsidering.

rethink

verb

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


noun

  1. the act or an instance of thinking again

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Other Words From

  • re·thinker noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rethink1

First recorded in 1690–1700; re- + think 1

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Example Sentences

And these initiatives represent an effort to fundamentally rethink our landscape.

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.

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.

They had largely to rethink the Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato.

We may listen and read, but the views of others we cannot take on credit; we must rethink them and "make them our own."

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