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to rewind

to rewind

50 3.3
To move a watch, tape, or film back to its start
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈwaɪnd/
translation icon : rebobinar
  • After the song ended, she decided to rewind the tape to listen to it again.
  • rewind the tape
  • rewind and review

You can scroll back, rewind, Fast forward, pause it.

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Examples

  • Slowly, he begins to turn the crank, rewinding the film.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The coders were allowed to rewind and review the videotape as needed to collect the data.

    Academic text (2014)

  • And it's like stopped and tried to rewind and like watch it again.

    Adam Savage’s Tested

  • So let me say it right, I'll rewind and say it again.

  • I think, for instance, OK, let's rewind a little bit to the plan.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • Watch once without your iPad, then rewind and follow along using your iPad.

    Blog text (7)

  • Coders were free to rewind the tape and reexamine any part of the task before recording the data.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Miranda sat down on the bench to rewind the tape, and Esther joined her.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The video rewinds on the big screen, and the dancers gather round it expectantly.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We'll rewind and replay.

    Hudson Hawk (1991)

Antonyms

to fast forward
56 3.3

Skip quickly to a later part of a recording or presentation

Phrasal Verbs

to rewind time
7.6

To imagine going back to an earlier time because you regret something

to rewind time
  • Jargon
6.1

To reverse recent events in a game to undo actions and try again

How Far

to restore
219 3.5
to rewind
50 3.3
to reset
107 2.9

Surface Forms

rewind infinitive
rewinding present participle
rewinds third person singular
rewound past
rewound past participle

Morphology

rewind = wind (transparent) = re + wind

The meaning is a straightforward case of 're-' plus 'wind', meaning to wind back or again to an earlier position.

Etymology

Rewind comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and wind meaning 'to turn', as when you wind a watch or a tape. So to rewind something is to 'turn it back' to the start, which is why we rewind tapes, films, or watches before using them.