rethink

English

Etymology

re- +‎ think

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈθɪŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Verb

rethink (third-person singular simple present rethinks, present participle rethinking, simple past and past participle rethought)

1. To think again about a problem.

Translations

think again about a problem

• Bulgarian: преми́слям (bg) (premísljam), преми́сля (bg) (premíslja), обми́слям (bg) (obmísljam), обми́сля (bg) (obmíslja)
• Catalan: repensar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 再想 (zàixiǎng), 重想 (chóngxiǎng), 重新考慮／重新考虑 (chóngxīn kǎolǜ)

• French: repenser (fr), réfléchir (fr)
• German: überdenken (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 再考する (ja) (さいこうする, saikō suru)
• Polish: przemyśleć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: repensar (pt)
• Romanian: regândi (ro)
• Russian: переду́мывать (ru) impf (peredúmyvatʹ), переду́мать (ru) pf (peredúmatʹ), пересма́тривать (ru) impf (peresmátrivatʹ), пересмотре́ть (ru) pf (peresmotrétʹ)
• Spanish: repensar (es), reflexionar (es)

Noun

rethink (plural rethinks)

1. The act of thinking again about something.

   This business plan of yours looks risky. It needs a rethink.

Anagrams

• thinker