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RETHINK
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Irregular inflected form: rethought
I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rethink ... he / she / it rethinks
Past simple: rethought
Past participle: rethought
-ing form: rethinking
Sense 1
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:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
rethink (thinking again about a choice previously made)
