RETHINK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: rethought

Meaning:

Thinking again about a choice previously made

Example:

he had second thoughts about his purchase

Synonyms:

afterthought; reconsideration; rethink; second thought

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rethink" is a kind of...):

change of mind; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout; turnaround (a decision to reverse an earlier decision)

Derivation:

rethink (change one's mind)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rethink ... he / she / it rethinks

Past simple: rethought

Past participle: rethought

-ing form: rethinking

Meaning:

Change one's mind

Example:

He rethought his decision to take a vacation

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "rethink" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rethink"):

backpedal (modify one's opinion, make it less strong)

about-face (change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

rethink (thinking again about a choice previously made)