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    REBOUND

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shotplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

    catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)

    Holonyms ("rebound" is a part of...):

    basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustrationplay

    Example:

    he is still on the rebound from his wife's death

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

    reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)

    Derivation:

    rebound (return to a former condition)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A movement back from an impactplay

    Synonyms:

    backlash; rebound; recoil; repercussion

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

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

    motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebound"):

    bounce; bouncing (rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts))

    resilience; resiliency (an occurrence of rebounding or springing back)

    carom; ricochet (a glancing rebound)

    Derivation:

    rebound (spring back; spring away from an impact)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they rebound ... he / she / it rebounds

    Past simple: rebounded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: rebounded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: rebounding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Return to a former conditionplay

    Example:

    The stock market rallied

    Synonyms:

    rally; rebound

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

    go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s

    Sentence examples:

    The stock market is going to rebound

    The business is going to rebound


    Derivation:

    rebound (a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Spring back; spring away from an impactplay

    Example:

    These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

    Synonyms:

    bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

    bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

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

    kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)

    bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)

    carom (rebound after hitting)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP

    Derivation:

    rebound (a movement back from an impact)

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