to reexamine
19
3.7
- verb
- /ˌriːɪɡˈzæmɪn/
:
reexaminar
- The committee decided to reexamine the proposal before making a final decision.
- need to reexamine
- reexamine the role
- reexamine their assumptions
Examples
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The United States, for its part, will need to reexamine its domestic policy.
Academic text (2011) -
And we can pause to reexamine our own lives.
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I want to reexamine this language on page 17.
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We will reexamine this case one year from now.
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Perhaps some of us have to reexamine our values and the way we speak.
Blog text (22) -
Well, let's reexamine the plan and see if we have any alternative.
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It's time for all building owners and property managers to reexamine their buildings' safety measures.
Blog text (25) -
Now I want to go back and reexamine all that logic.
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We must reexamine our own attitudes towards the Soviet Union.
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We should reexamine each victim-- all the evidence pertaining to each one individually.
Synonyms
384
2.6
To examine something again to check details or make changes
227
3.7
To think again about a choice and possibly change it
144
3.4
To think again about something to decide if you should change it
72
3.7
To return to an idea or topic to think about it again
33
5.0
To think about a decision again to see if it should change
32
3.7
Think about something again to decide if it should change
3
5.3
To consider something again before deciding
3
4.4
To examine something again using new information to check for mistakes
3
4.7
To look into something again to find new facts or fix mistakes
1
6.7
Look at something again to decide how valuable or important it is
1
3.4
To look at something again to check for problems or changes
To think again about something to decide how important it is
Read notes or papers again to find mistakes
To think again about past ideas to find new views
How Thorough
- US
70
6.2
32
3.7
19
3.7
- Formal
384
2.6
1
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reexamine is made of re- meaning 'again' and the familiar word examine, which means 'to look at closely'. So to reexamine something is to 'look at it again' to find new facts or to change your decision.